<p>On the decision date I was checking twitter and I saw that a lot of people accepted at Yale were accepted at Harvard too. Harvard got the highest yield of 82% so is that a good sigh for us?</p>
<p>Thank you peter1412 and hadiram! </p>
<p>Are people notified when they aren’t accepted off the waitlist too?</p>
<p>Yes they do tell when the waitlist is closed Patheticfallacy.</p>
<p>[Breaking:</a> Yield for Class of 2017 increases to 68.7 percent - The Daily Princetonian](<a href=“http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2013/05/09/33544/]Breaking:”>http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2013/05/09/33544/)</p>
<p>^The end of that article says… “Harvard University reported its highest yield in 44 years at 82 percent, and Yale University has reported a yield of 65.2 percent.”</p>
<p>I have seen Yale’s factsheet and they admit on average 1350 students and according to the yield noted in this article they have 1299 enrolled students. They should take 50 off the list now. Also I am unable to confirm that whether this 1350 students are enrolled including those who were taken off the waitlist afterwards or its the figures before using the waitlist. If it is the second case then they might have 120 students enrolled because they enrolled 70 off the waitlist last year but I don’t think so it is the second case. In any case the good news is that some of us will find their way into Yale if they don’t end up reducing the number of max enrollment. Please cross check my calculations so that it can be confirmed.</p>
<p>Seeing as the yield rate (according to that article) is over 3 points lower than last year, logically they should admit more off the waitlist seeing as they will intend to keep the class size the same.</p>
<p>That Princetonian article confuses me…is the class size 1290 or 1350?</p>
<p>…and as peter1412 brought up, is the yield 65.2% or 68.7? So far, it doesn’t seem like a very reliable source! :/</p>
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<li>The class of 2016 has exactly 1356 students in it.</li>
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<p>Last year it was 68.4 according to a number of different sources and according the the daily princetonian, this year it is 65.2</p>
<p>68.7% was the Princeton yield rate, not Yale.</p>
<p>Apparently, yield last year was 68.4%, not including those taking a gap year. ([Yield</a> rate up, reversing decline | Yale Daily News](<a href=“http://yaledailynews.com/blog/2012/08/29/yield-rate-up-reversing-decline/]Yield”>Yield rate up, reversing decline - Yale Daily News))</p>
<p>The Princetonian article says yield last year was 66.7%. I’m starting to question its validity more and more…</p>
<p>@Nutelleria </p>
<p>That article is all about the Princeton yield rate, the only bit that applies to Yale is the the paragraph near the end. </p>
<p>That 66.7 you’re talking about was the yield rate for the Princeton class of 2016.</p>
<p>YAY thanks, peter1412! …well, don’t I feel stupid now hahahah. I blame AP testing season!</p>
<p>Haha I understand your pain, I was in a similar situation last year. I’m just glad I’m on summer vacation now!</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>Peter you’re right but calculating the number enrolled they come out to be 1299 which means 50 more spots and last year they took 70 off the waitlist but if we add to this those who will accept other universities’ offers or postpone their enrollment than number can exceed 50 or may be the last year 70 too.</p>
<p>I guess we’ll all just have to wait and see… Shouldn’t be too long now.</p>
<p>Is it okay if I sent my update via mail to the admissions office? Or should I have contacted my regional representative?</p>
<p>Admissions office is fine I’m sure :)</p>