Why does college confidential have Oberlin's acceptance rate at 59%?

Colleges & Universities A-Z Oberlin College
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From what I understood, the acceptance rate is much lower. Is there something I’m missing?

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They copied it from Peterson’s, and Peterson’s made a mistake - they divided the entire number of accepted students by the number of women who applied.

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Generally, go directly to the source for acceptance rates (not that some colleges don’t manipulate those).

For oberlin, class of 2026 is here:

For prior years use the CDS:

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Thanks!

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It is a big, fat mistake. The acceptance rate is between 30-34%