<p>Last year it was ~8%, 2007 it was ~9%. What do you think it will be this year?</p>
<p>Also taking speculations on Princeton and Harvard: Not sure but I think last year Princeton was ~9% and Harvard was ~7%. In 2007, HYP were all ~9%.</p>
<p>[Yale</a> Daily News - Record number of applications for class of 2013](<a href=“http://yaledailynews.com/articles/view/27324]Yale”>http://yaledailynews.com/articles/view/27324) from January.</p>
<p>With offers being made to between 1900 and 2000 people from 25,925 applications, the rate will be between 7.3 and 7.7 percent — a new record low.</p>
<p>I’m sure it’s not difficult to find H and P’s rate right now too. Their historical accept slots are known and their rec’d apps has already been published too.</p>
<p>Abysmally low. I think Yale is going to follow suit with the
“MIT massacre” and the “Duke disaster”. :(</p>
<p>But in all honesty it’s going to fall around that 7-8% range. Fortunately Yale has plans to build two more residential colleges so future applicants will have a couple hundred more open slots to fill. Unfortunately the number of applicants is going to keep rising. Also, the plans for the future residential colleges are kinda on hold due to lack of money. So if you really, really wanna get in, have your parents staple a million dollar check to your application. :D</p>
<p>7.5%… bet they will take 1950 just like last year as this worked well for them…less accepted SCEA a few more RD still only 1950. It is just crazy.</p>
<p>icestorm: $1M gets a conversation started. Real development issues are far more than that…</p>
<p>I agree with the 7-7.5% guesstimate :)</p>
<p>CC MIT was a massacre…and I was one of the ones shot down 
but i feel like Yale’s acceptance rate will be lower than that of MIT>>> Yale Fail.</p>
<p>By the way, sending money in with your application does nothing. Plus it labels you as total nouveau riche.</p>
<p>In order to be flagged development- without having your name on their radar through donations already most people go through hired counselors that know how to deal with these situations.</p>
<p>Donations don’t go through admissions… so why are you sending them the money? Each Ivy League school has some sort of big fund raising club- Harvard’s being the Committee on University Resources. These groups and the money offices are where you send the moolah- and they in turn send your name to admissions.</p>
<p>T26E4 is right- 1 million or more will get your name noticed for sure. But that’s not enough to ‘buy’ your admission if you there’s no way the donations group can argue your case. <em>I’ve heard</em> of one parent bargaining internships at his law firm plus a couple hundred thousand before.</p>
<p>No I’m not development lol</p>
<p>Apparently UPenn’s acceptance rate went up 4% this year… maybe Yale’s might actually increase? Doubt it, though…</p>
<p>One might say that, since it seems the number of colleges many students are applying to is on the rise, yield rates might be dropping and therefore stablizing admissions rates.</p>
<p>I just pulled that all out of thin air and really have no clue if that’s accurate at all.</p>
<p>NJBKitty wrote: "Apparently UPenn’s acceptance rate went up 4% this year… maybe Yale’s might actually increase? Doubt it, though… "</p>
<p>As I summarized in my first post, the number of total apps is known and the historical total of offers (~1950) is known. There’s not going to much wiggle room off of 7.5%. Pehaps UPenn is deciding to make more admit offers to counteract a perceived lower yield? I can’t imagine their overall application numbers have decreased. Their number of actual “beds” remains constant.</p>
<p>Penn app no.s did decline actually.
by 45 :p</p>
<p>I think the ~7.5% rate should be right.</p>
<p>The admissions rate for RD is just over 5%. There are only around 1208 spots left, and if you include the RD applicants + the deferred EA applicants (23012 in all), the rate is around 5%. </p>
<p>Yeah.</p>
<p>@prateek92 : Penn apps increased by a weird number of… 4 hahahah. So that could explain the increase in the percentage of applicants accepted.</p>
<p>Im afraid Yale (says it with a british accent. you should try it) will be anywhere between 6.5 and 8. Good luck to you all. I didnt apply btw.</p>
<p>oh sorry. Disregard my last comment on Penn. Im afraid prateek92 was right. Penn apps are down by 45. hahahaha</p>
<p>I was only joking about the million dollars. 
Plus, I just picked one million because it sounds so much cooler than $28,794,207.56. :D</p>
<p>Lobzz: where did you get your 6.5 to 8 range from? You’re technically correct. The number will be very close to 7.5 but it won’t be close to 6.5% (1685 accepts) or 8.0% (2074 accepts). The rough number of admitees is KNOWN as well as the total apps.</p>
<p>LOL</p>
<p>I guestimate 99.999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999%</p>
<p>minus 92%</p>
<p>7.24%.</p>
<p>If I had to guess.</p>