<p>I read that the number of Duke ED apps was really high this year, but other places have gotten fewer. DOes anyone know about Vanderbilt??</p>
<p>I don’t know for sure but the trend among most private schools is down because of the economy.</p>
<p>I do not agree with the prior poster that apps would be down b/c of the economy.</p>
<p>My guess is that apps will be UP b/w 2,000 to 3,000 this year at Vandy. It has little to do with the economy. More kids are applying. More kids are applying to more schools (Common App continues to accelerate this trend). VU’s ranking is holding steady in the Top 20 of national schools. They still have not cut their fairly generous financial aid help despite losing 1/3rd of their endowment (very impressive and tip of the hat to the board of trustees there). </p>
<p>There is no reason to think apps will go down.</p>
<p>I don’t think 2,000 or 3,000 applied, that’s ridiculous. It’s probably 1,200 max, I could be wrong though</p>
<p>I think there’s good reason to believe they could be down. some examples: </p>
<p>[Yale</a> Daily News - Economy may explain dip in early apps](<a href=“http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/university-news/2009/11/20/economy-may-explain-dip-early-apps/]Yale”>http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/university-news/2009/11/20/economy-may-explain-dip-early-apps/)</p>
<p>[Williams</a> College?s Applications Drop 20% as Economy Takes Toll - Bloomberg.com](<a href=“Bloomberg Politics - Bloomberg”>Bloomberg Politics - Bloomberg)</p>
<p>Derrick, I must disagree. 900 applied in the last weekend before deadline alone! I think the number is closer to what SB27 suggested…</p>
<p>hey man I could be wrong, it’s just that last year ED 1 and ED 2 had a total application of about 1,500 because Vandy said they want approximately 1/3 of the Class from ED. Vandy wanted 1,500 kids total last year so they took no less then 500 kids ED, and the acceptance rate was 38% so we’ll round and say that about 1,500 kids applied both ED 1 and ED 2 added together. Now this year, many colleges are reporting a decline in ED applications. I could be wrong but it seems unlikely that Vandy is receiving two to three times the application they usually do during ED 1.</p>
<p>I thought I remembered that Vanderbilt admitted a higher than normal percentage of the freshman class using ED last year, so I checked the CDS to confirm and they did take 699 members of the freshman class through the ED process last year. That represents a little more than 40% of the freshman class. The acceptance rate for the ED pool was evidently a little more than 40% based on these figures.
<a href=“https://virg.vanderbilt.edu/virgweb/CDSC.aspx?year=2009[/url]”>https://virg.vanderbilt.edu/virgweb/CDSC.aspx?year=2009</a></p>
<p>But I believe the above info is for both ED1 and ED2, correct?</p>
<p>Yes, the data is aggregated for both rounds. My understanding is that the EDII pool is smaller than the EDI pool.</p>
<p>When I said “I doubt it”, I meant that ALL APPLICATIONS (ED I, ED II and RD) will be UP by 2,000 + this year. I did not mean ED I and ED II.</p>
<p>That said, I could be a little low on total apps which may be increase by another 3,000 to 5,000. Who knows. </p>
<p>As far as ED I and ED II, if Duke is up then I suspect that Vanderbilt will be up also. How much is anyone’s guess. I seriously doubt ED I and ED II apps will be down this year. </p>
<p>No way I see that happening.</p>
<p>How much was Duke UP this year for ED apps? What % higher was that than last year?</p>
<p>I think you can assume a similar increase at Vanderbilt.</p>
<p>Rather than make you guys go do my research, I poked around on CC and saw that Duke is reporting a 32% increase in ED applications.</p>
<p>I suspect you will see the same thing at Vanderbilt. Applicants are looking at the ridiculous numbers at the Ivies and are saying “perhaps if I go ED at Duke, Vanderbilt, (insert non-Ivy here), I can nail down an early acceptance at a near-Ivy school with decent tuition support”.</p>
<p>I would suggest that Vanderbilt will see a similar 32% (and perhaps more!) rise in ED applications. No reason to expect this will be any different from the effect Duke is reporting.</p>
<p>This is wrong. Vandy ED1 apps are “slightly ahead of last year”. That puts it at roughly 1050+/- apps for ED1. Speculate accepting 400 +/- from ED1. Roughly a 40% acceptance rate for ED1 SAT’s speculation is: 1330-1430 for mid 50%. Basically both SAT’s and percent acceptance decline slightly.</p>
<p>It’s always puzzling why some schools are ‘hotter’ than other. For example: Williams in way down; Yale is down’;Weslyan is on-par. Duke is up; Georgetown is up; etc.</p>
<p>Any way you play it, Vandy is still looking–and getting-- Ivy-level students.</p>
<p>Your speculations may differ from mine. Be fun to check soon. Just keep in mind that Vandy has the most ‘number’ oriented emphasis (SAT’s; rank in class) I have seen for any major school. That means these are very big factors compared to many other schools.</p>
<p>Your opinion may differ.</p>
<p>…as well it should: THOM has spoken on the blog. Apps up 20% for ED1.</p>
<p>GL all proto-'Dores!</p>
<p>proto-Dores
I like that. That is all.</p>
<p>2014:</p>
<p>I would call UP 20% fairly substantial is this economy and in light of the fact that ED apps were flattish at most schools not named Duke.</p>
<p>I would suggest that this is a sizable increase.</p>
<p>That is my opinion and you may differ, but the market is what it is and the market was flat while Duke and VU received sizable ED1 app increases.</p>
<p>Applications up 20%, but only accepted 9 more students ED than last year. (less than a 2% increase.) It appears that test scores will be up from last year, however I am not allowed to say more.</p>
<p>where did you get those statistics?</p>
<p>Well, it sounds cliche’, but “I heard it from someone who heard it from someone.”</p>
<p>As there are lots of opportunities in that sequence of events to gets things, garbled, and snce the information was in the form of general approximations, and since I can’t say for certain that the first person in the sequence of of “who told who” really got it from any official source, I would say “take it for what it’s worth.” The only thing even remotely concrete is that the school itself officially confirmed the 20% increase in the blog. That stat part was especially sketchy, so I editied it out.</p>
<p>I would only offer my own observation that, statistically speaking, if any school has a 20% or higher increase in ED applications, and offers something close to the same number of ED admits, the stats required to secure one of those spots should increase - sort of a supply and demand thing. Reading other school’s forums, it appears some schools did really well in the ED thing, others - er - not so much.</p>
<p>On the bright side, I don’t have any ED applications pending, and if more of the really high-stat kids are accepted ED then that will be fewer to contend with in the RD pools. That is my tinking and I’m sticking to it!</p>
<p>What was the originally posted “stat part” of your post?</p>