<p>Does anyone know what the yield usually is for REA acceptances?</p>
<p>The freshman class is supposed to be 1700, and 755 were already accepted REA. Which leaves a little more than 50%, depending on the yield--which is what?</p>
<p>I couldn't find it anywhere on another thread.</p>
<p>During last admit weekend I think the number that was quoted was about 90%.</p>
<p>Stanford admits around 2400 in total. That means 1600+ more will be admitted in the RD. Stanford probably doesn’t even know at this stage how many EAs will join and so the EA yield doesn’t have any direct impact on the RD admission.</p>
<p>You could go compare the admit numbers. I’m not going to right now.</p>
<p>I did compare the acceptance rates yesterday though. about 12% of REA applicants are admitted compared to about 7% RD.</p>
<p>Stanford typically yields around 80% for Early Action admittees</p>
<p>When Harvard and Princeton had early programs, Stanford’s SCEA yield was around 90%; when they didn’t have their early programs, it was 82-84%.</p>
<p>Considering that HYPM have each reduced the # students accepted (at least for now) by 120-180 students, Stanford likely won’t accept nearly 2400 this year. In 2010, Stanford admitted 2300 initially before taking 40 off the waitlist, so that would probably be a benchmark for this year.</p>
<p>Good point. I guess the admit rate will be lower and the yield rate better overall.</p>
<p>Based on the # that each of HYPM accepted, they’d each need about 5 percentage point increase in their yields to fill their classes, which is possible but not likely, so I think they’re all just being very cautious. The elite admissions were thrown into a frenzy this year because of the early programs at H and P, and I think that’s why Stanford is waiting to release its decisions: it wants to see precisely how the others are handling the uncertainty (P was the only one that decreased by a larger amount; HYM were all very close, about 130 each). Stanford nearly always releases its decisions before the Ivies, so it’s being sneaky this year. But such is the benefit of not being part of the Ivy League - it can release its decisions whenever it wants.</p>
<p>Interesting! If that is the case, fate is still being determined for some applicants in the last minute.</p>
<p>Of the 36,631 applications received, a total of 2427 students will be admitted. An additional 789 students will be offered a space on our waitlist. </p>
<p>More than expected !</p>
<p>Yeah, way more than expected - I wonder why Stanford would be expecting the same yield as last year (2427 is the exact same # accepted as last year), or at least why it’s not being as cautious as its peers this year.</p>
<p>The other possibility is that Stanford is expecting a slightly higher yield and wants a larger class. A few years ago the president wanted the campus to begin discussion of expanding the incoming class by 200 students, which was tabled because of the recession. Despite some student protest, the classes have gotten larger anyway, from ~1675 to ~1725 (not counting transfers). Last year, Stanford wanted a larger class after having had a normal-sized class the year before. Perhaps it wants an even larger class after a) the “bumper crop” of the class of 2012 graduates (with that class size, the undergrad student body should be 6,800-6900, but is almost 7,000 counting those who have stayed longer than 4 years), and b) the construction of the new dorm in Manzanita.</p>
<p>Let’s hope Stanford is right, or else there will be another housing crunch.</p>