List of Acceptance Rates and Admit Profiles for this Year

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:But the interesting (and unknowable) factor is how many of these schools are admitting the same students. The more that every student applies to more and more reach, match, and safety schools, it seems to me that more and more will end up getting admitted to the same schools. But they can only attend one. So, maybe the schools are not not actually getting more selective it’s just that more applicants are applying. For example, if previously kids only applied to two “top” schools and now are applying to all 10 or 20 or whatever the school will seem more selective, but in fact you just end up with more randomness which leads to more applications the following year. And so the vicious circle continues.

There’s probably a math answer to this but I can’t be bothered to figure it out.

I think you have identified what is actually happening. This is why colleges are really concerned with yield.

[Anonymous]

Harvard (4.59%): http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/3/29/harvard-regular-admissions-2022/

Cornell (10.3%): http://news.cornell.edu/stories/2018/03/class-2022-selected-record-number-applicants

[Anonymous]

Brown (7.2%): http://www.browndailyherald.com/2018/03/28/university-admits-record-low-7-2-percent-applicants-class-2022/

Yale official article (6.3%): https://news.yale.edu/2018/03/28/yale-admits-2229-students-second-year-expanded-class-size

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The article is 2018 acceptance rates as reported by the admissions office (as the source notes). Tufts's acceptance rate must have not changed much this year. Apps only went 2% while others saw 6-18%.

http://now.tufts.edu/articles/record-number-applications

Lol....the source clearly states that the admit rates for BU and Tufts are not for this current year as they have not been released and your Tufts post simply cites applicants. Not a big deal but try reading next time.

[Anonymous]

Oh, you're right. I misread it to mean they didn't release decisions yet, but that was the acceptance rate they had determined. Sorry about that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh, you're right. I misread it to mean they didn't release decisions yet, but that was the acceptance rate they had determined. Sorry about that.

No worries.....I'm assuming Tufts goes below 15% this year.

[Anonymous]

I’m not sure these percentages really mean anything though. After early application results came in this year, dc and peers all tossed in a significant number of additional applications. The feeling seemed to be: I put in all this effort in identifying “good fits” and coming up with a strategy and not only was I unsuccessful but so was almost everyone else in my class (and this is among top 10 percent of class), it’s completely random, so let me just throw in a bunch more applications and see what sticks. So, given how little thought goes into upping these “selectivity” numbers, not sure it means much beyond the fact that there’s a lot of panic. And well-founded panic.

[Anonymous]

Dartmouth (8.7% acceptance rate): http://www.thedartmouth.com/article/2018/03/college-admits-record-low-percent-to-the-class-of-2022

Duke (~8.3% acceptance rate): http://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2018/03/duke-accepts-record-low-6-4-percent-of-regular-decision-applicants

Duke likes making itself appear more selective than it is by not posting the combined acceptance rate, but I calculated it by factoring in the ED admits.

[Anonymous]

Oh, nvm, they do mention it in one sentence later right in the middle of the story (lol). But yes, 8.3%

[Anonymous]

Will be very curious to see yield rates this year. These acceptance numbers are insane. There can’t possibly be that many prospective freshmen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Will be very curious to see yield rates this year. These acceptance numbers are insane. There can’t possibly be that many prospective freshmen.

I was thinking the same thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Will be very curious to see yield rates this year. These acceptance numbers are insane. There can’t possibly be that many prospective freshmen.

I think yields will come down across the board for everyone but the top 5 or so schools. Not enough acceptances to go around and it's the same people who keep getting admitted. Predicting a lot of wait-list activity. No way is what happened this year sustainable for the future without upping the reliance on ED

[Anonymous]

What do these rates even mean? On College Confidential a lot of psychotic no life tiger parents have kids who got into Harvard Yale Princeton early, then have them apply to every top 15 college regular decision. It's call "shotgunning" so you can brag about your haul of acceptances on social media and snapchat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Will be very curious to see yield rates this year. These acceptance numbers are insane. There can’t possibly be that many prospective freshmen.

I think yields will come down across the board for everyone but the top 5 or so schools. Not enough acceptances to go around and it's the same people who keep getting admitted. Predicting a lot of wait-list activity. No way is what happened this year sustainable for the future without upping the reliance on ED

Couldn't it just be deluge of international and illegal immigrant applicants?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Will be very curious to see yield rates this year. These acceptance numbers are insane. There can’t possibly be that many prospective freshmen.

I think yields will come down across the board for everyone but the top 5 or so schools. Not enough acceptances to go around and it's the same people who keep getting admitted. Predicting a lot of wait-list activity. No way is what happened this year sustainable for the future without upping the reliance on ED

Couldn't it just be deluge of international and illegal immigrant applicants?

No, I work at JHU and the administration informed us that international applicants are down. This seems to be widespread. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/02/us/international-enrollment-drop.html

DACA is also down according to a friend at UMD.