Yale has 3,926 early applications (3% drop)

Colleges and Universities A-Z Yale University
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<p>The number of early applications to Yale for the Class of 2009 dropped this year by 3 percent, a year after Yale saw a 55 percent increase in undergraduate early applications, Dean of Admissions Richard Shaw said Thursday.</p>

<p>Shaw said the admissions office had received 3,926 early applications as of Thursday, about 100 applications shy of the 4,049 early applications received in 2003, the first year applicants could apply under Yale's non-binding, single-choice early action plan. Yale officials attributed the slight decrease to a stabilization of early applications in the second year of the early action policy.</p>

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<p>yay! less is good. :)</p>

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<p>Hehe, at least they didn't go up!</p>

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<p>i'm gonna apply just so i can frame the rejection letter :D</p>

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<p>I guess this is good. It's still a lot of applicants and they're almost all of them are probably very strong.</p>

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<p>yeah, we'll just and wait an see what happens...</p>

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<p>its such a long wait though! haha ~ but every application they don't recieve is more of a shot for us!</p>

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<p>Lol, I've been waiting for weeks for this information to come out. It's a relief now, but not a huge one. Anyone want to guess what percent of us will get in? I say 23.4% :p</p>

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<p>Well if about 650 people got in like last year, then the acceptance rate would be about 17%. Not much change.</p>

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<p>Yeah, but last year CC managed to get about 21% acceptance rate. I was just guestimating that it would go up by a bit :)</p>

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<p>I'd put my money on 18.6% of us</p>

<p>(I'm so glad to hear the final count :))</p>

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<p>bebere, id say higher than 18.6. CC seems to attract kids who are very interested in this process, and last year i think the EA apps on CC had a 21% yield. And add in the fact that were from the Class of 2005, way cooler and smarter than 2004 (of course), and ill say about 23%</p>

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<p>not 21% yield, i mean acceptance rate</p>

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<p>I'll be bold and say 23.5%</p>

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<p>23.487% :p</p>

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<p>Do you all think Y will use last year's EA yield (i think it was around 88%? correct me if I'm wrong) to see how many EA applicants they will accept this year? Well, I guess a 3 percent decrease is not very much...but at least there weren't more applicants than last year. Let's keep our fingers crossed everyone!</p>

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<p>As Dean Shaw said, the 3% drop is equivalent to no change. Admission percentages will be determined by factors other than this insignificant drop. Put differently, the acceptance rate could do one of three things: go up, stay the same, or actually go down.</p>

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<p>Well I think that we can't really put any hope in lesser numbers... it's all about the QUALITY of the pool. Maybe the pool will be very weak this year or maybe, just maybe ::shudder:: stronger than last year. We can only hope for a weak pool.</p>

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<p>"It's a solid, good applicant group and we're really pleased," Shaw said. "It's very manageable." - Dean of admissions, Richard Shaw</p>

<p>Is this a good sign? Or does it mean, "hahaha, we know who we want. The rest of you are screwed!"</p>

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<p>I hope it really means "Everyone this year, except those genius kids who go on collegeconfidential.com, are really horrible. What are we going to do?!"</p>