I am attempting to calculate the acceptance rate of prep boarding school based on the number of students who applied, and amount accepted on admissions letters since acceptance rates have dropped significantly. If there is a school, I have not listed feel free to reply to this thread with the same format. To find the acceptance rate divide the number of students accepted by the number of students applied. Note that not all schools list amount accepted, and amount applied.
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acceptence rate:
Groton School
We received more than 1,400 applications for just 95 openings.
acceptance rate: >6.79 percent
Cate School
750 applications or 10 for every possible space.
acceptance rate: 10%
Groton School
We received more than 1,400 applications for just 95 openings.
acceptance rate: >6.79 percent
Cate School
750 applications or 10 for every possible space.
acceptance rate: 10%
St. George’s School
“Once again, we have a record admit rate, with only 12% of applicants gaining admission to St. George’s for next year.” (1100 applications for 70 spots)
acceptance rate: 12%
I’ll say this as gently as possible. None of you are correctly calculating acceptance rate. And all of you are using significant figures incorrectly.
Acceptance rate is number accepted Ă· total applications, not number enrolled (or spots available)Ă· total applications.
You are assuming that every accepted student will enroll; they won’t. Every single school accepts more than it plans to enroll. The difference between enrolled and accepted is called yield.
they accept students off of the waitlist to balance spots available and we are calculating number of students accepted. It does not matter if they enroll or not. They are still accepted
Now that it is post March 10, it is kind interesting to know yield rates from previous years.
For the absolute top colleges (like HSM) I think the yield rates I have read (probably from 2021?) is >70%. I recall maybe the Phillips has something around 80% yield … not sure if there are any real data out there for prep schools.
Although the application numbers are interesting to know, @skieurope and @CCName1 are correct with regard to your analysis. Take a look at Lawrenceville’s admission data from last year, which better illustrates how this works. Here is a still from one of their webinars.
I would add that this sort of information can also be limited in that it does not distinguish between domestic and international applicants (who are applying to different pools). I have been told that US applications have levelled off but there has been a significant increase in international application over previous years, but this is anecdotal.
Also, I heard there were way fewer babies born in 2008. This may cause BS application numbers to fall rather than increase. The bigger application number may simply reflect more applications per person rather than more applicants. This means the admission is not getting harder even if admission rates are lower.
In addition, for many (not all) schools day students are a decent percentage of the total. I wouldn’t assume (someone can prove me wrong) that that pool has identical admit %.
You are not wrong. Every subcategory has a different acceptance rate. In few cases, if any, will a school provide a detailed breakdown of acceptance rate
