<p>An excerpt from today's Yale Daily News:</p>
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Yale admitted 13.4 percent of its early action applicants for the class of 2013, a sharp drop from last years 18.1 percent early admission rate, the University said Monday. </p>
<p>A total of 742 early applicants were granted admission from a record pool of 5,557, Dean of Undergraduate Admissions Jeff Brenzel told the News. The admissions office also sent rejection letters to more than twice as many early applicants as they did last year, denying 38.3 percent of applicants while deferring 47.6 percent to the regular decision round. </p>
<p>Last year, 885 early applicants were admitted from a pool of 4,888, for an acceptance rate of 18.1 percent. Yale rejected 16 percent of early applicants and deferred 65 percent. </p>
<p>Yale decided to admit fewer students this year despite the 13.7 percent increase in early applications because an unexpectedly high number of students admitted early from the class of 2012 chose to matriculate, Brenzel said.
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<p>Yale</a> Daily News - Early admit rate plunges to 13.4 percent</p>