Is Yield Protection REAL?
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Anonymous
| I see this term thrown around, especially as a way to make a high stats kid understand a deferral or rejection. Is YP really a thing? |
Anonymous
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Of course, always has been.
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Anonymous
| I think yes, but in probably less than half the cases in which people think it applies. |
Anonymous
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It sure is.
And best to be under that assumption by demonstrating lots of love to your targets and likelies. |
Anonymous
| Yes. |
Anonymous
| Yes, but it’s certain schools. |
Anonymous
I don't think it applies as much as people think it does but, agree, best to assume it may be a factor and give attention to targets/highly likelies. You should be doing that anyway because the ways you show attention are also the ways you learn about a school. You may be surprised at the great things a "safety" offers and then be excited to go there! |
Anonymous
| Of course it exists. Think about filling a class from the persepctive of an admissions office - and it's their JOB to somewhat accurately predict yield. Particularly at schools who know they're historically someone 2nd choice (not an Ivy, not a top 20, not the state flagship, etc). ED admissions and not betting the farm on too many kids who on paper look like they could get into somewhere more prestigious (because more than not are focused on prestige) is part of them accurately filling a class. |
Anonymous
| You can literally see it on Scattergrams. |
Anonymous
| For some schools. Notably, Northeastern (Boston) and Tufts come to mind. |
Anonymous
And Tulane |
Anonymous
| Real and widely employed. The US News & World Report rankings partially base the findings on yield. Schools know this and "game" the system to ensure that the number of students that actually enroll is as high as possible. This is one of the reasons that ED1 and ED2 have grown in importance, both to students and to colleges. |
Anonymous
| So how do you work this into your strategy? If you have a very likely school your kid is genuinely interested in attending but does not track demonstrated interest, how do you avoid them getting rejected due to Yield protection? |
Anonymous
I think USN&WR has finally dropped both yield and rejection rate from their ranking factors. They do still list schools based on yield, but it isn't one of their metrics. This does not mean that schools aren't still going to try and adjust those numbers, but there is no longer such a great reward for it. https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/articles/ranking-criteria-and-weights |
Anonymous
Early decision, if it's their top choice. Otherwise, I'd act as if they track demonstrated interest. |