YALE admits 722 SCEA for 2010 - up from 704 last year

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<p>"EA Decisions announced (ASC site)</p>

<p>The Admissions Office mailed Early Action (EA) notification letters to students on December 16th. Starting that evening, EA candidates could also obtain their admissions decision on the Yale web site.</p>

<p>Yale College received 4,084 EA applications which is a 3.9% increase from the previous year. We are sending 722 letters of admission today, reflecting a 17.7% admissions rate. Of the EA pool, 1,963 are deferred and 1,362 are denied admission. The other candidates either presented incomplete applications or they withdrew their applications."</p>

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<p>Assuming a 90% yield rate and a target class size of 1,325, this means the magic 49% of the seats will have been filled from the early pool, although it is likely that an indeterminant number of the 1,963 deferrees will be admitted later.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the stats.
Princeton announcement also stated the ED acceptances comprise 49% of the final class size.
So are the colleges all shooting for the same magic 49%?</p>

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<p>See this thread which I posted last season:</p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=31207%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=31207&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Stanford and Harvard appear to be cutting back just a little bit. The fraction of the class filled via SCEA should be a little under 45% at Harvard for 2010, and about 47% at Stanford.</p>

<p>Both Harvard and Stanford accepted fewer early this year, while both Princeton and Yale accepted more.</p>

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<p>UPenn has been at the 49% threshold for some years...</p>

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<p>Actually I think UPenn shoots for filling 47% of the class ED but this year's results haven't been announced...</p>

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<p>Sorry if I made a mistake.
I recall reading the 49% UPenn stat in a NY Times article ~2 years ago.
But things could have changed...</p>

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<p>"1,170 of 3420 ED applicants were admitted to fill over 48% of the projected class of 2,420." </p>

<p><a href="http://www.dailypennsylvanian.com/v...6/4253917236871%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.dailypennsylvanian.com/v...6/4253917236871&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>How about the international admission rate, or the % of those admitted that are international students?</p>

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<p>Here the admit % for Princeton Class 2009 (last year's admission), including stats for int'l students:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.princeton.edu/pr/facts/profile/05/07table.shtml%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.princeton.edu/pr/facts/profile/05/07table.shtml&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Didn't Yale admit a smaller percentage of the early pool, though? In relation to the size of the pools, Yale accepted fewer than last year, coorect?</p>

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<p>I believe film is correct, slightly lower EA accept % this year at Yale,
& slightly higher total # due to the higher # of applications.</p>

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<p>Yale 2009 EA stats:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.yaledailynews.com/article.asp?AID=27692%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.yaledailynews.com/article.asp?AID=27692&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Last year there were 704 SCEA admits, of whom 621 (88%) matriculated. This year there were a record 722 SCEA admits.</p>

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<p>"Susan Chan
Admissions Officer
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Hi everyone!
Here are the stats that you are interested in:</p>

<p>-admit rate: 17.7% this year (vs. 17.9% last year)
-total admit count: 723 (vs. 704 last year)
-total EA apps: 4084 (vs. 3931 last year)"
(From Yale admit website)</p>

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<p>In contrast, the ASC site today says 722 were admitted. </p>

<p>This number will continue to fluctuate for months, as will the reported number of applicants, depening on whether withdrawn/incomplete apps are included.</p>

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<p>My Yale interviewer emailed me congratulating me on my acceptance. She also cared to include that of the entire Bay Area, only 6 students were admitted to Yale EA.</p>

<p>I find this hard to believe...but wow...</p>

<p>How I was one of them is quite beyond me :P</p>

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<p>wow! only 6 students. Hopefully there will be more luck for us from the Yay Area next round.</p>

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<p>Wrathofgod64, I'm really rooting for you! </p>

<p>I know you'll get into Yale and like HYPSMFDKFMDsflafdsfa'; too. ! : )</p>

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<p>yeah, i was pretty amazed...out of 19 applicants, i'm the only person from oklahoma to be admitted EA.</p>

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<p>I was pretty amazed I was able to stand out from the 521 applicants from New York alone... we all have something to be proud of!</p>