<p>Hi! On a different thread there was discussion of yields (which I'm guessing is what percent of admits actually attend?) and the effect onyields of ED admits.</p>
<p>Were people guessing, or are there actual figures available showing that 1/2 of class spots are filled by EDs? (And what about EAs (do I have the right term?)? And doesn't this vary from school to school?</p>
<p>Tell me if I'm wrong (it's been a long time since I took statistics) but I think, however, that yield results standing alone don't give the full picture -- rather, they are all still relative -- joe shmoe U could have a much higher yield if it's the safety for the kids who don't get into HYPS.... OTOH, if the same 100 kids apply to the same "top 5" then you'd expect a lower yield rate...</p>
<p>It's true that often about 50% of the incoming class is obtained from ED. This is easily calculated using Common Data Sets. As a matter of fact, Byerly wrote an interesting thread about it a while back.</p>
<p>if you need to compare financial aid packages, applying ed is something you should think very carefully about. i doubt its quite as easy as "futurenyustudent" makes it seem; you are signing a contract.</p>
<p>USNews publishes all the yield info (in its premium website) and yes a lot of schools have a significant percent, close to 50%, of enrolled freshman who are ED but usually less if EA. Example, Upenn fills 46% of its freshman class with ED applicants. Its overall yield rate is close to 70%, but its yield rate for regular admission students is closer to 45%. USNews used to use yield rate as one of its factors for ranking colleges but ceased doing so parly because ED significantly inflated yield rates.</p>