Is yield protect real? Which colleges like to YP?
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Anonymous
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ELON.
My cousin got waitlisted at Elon but into Williams and Brown! |
Anonymous
| lol "yield protect" is just a cope for those who think their special cupcake should totally have gotten in somewhere but didn't. |
Anonymous
Wow! Some serious yp. Congrats on the great admits, though. I have a kid at Brown if you want any deets there. |
Anonymous
No, it is a thing at schools that value demonstrate interest. Why do you think they list that on their CDS? |
Anonymous
Not the same. If you don't know the difference, ask your counselor. |
Anonymous
| SLACs 100 percent YP. So do top Univs outside the top 5 in RD. The SCOIR stats bear this out very clearly for our school. YP is more systematically obivous for SLACs. I belive I see YP going on w U Chicago in EA as well. |
Anonymous
I do not think Williams yield protects. They are highly, highly selective. I know a Yale student who was rejected by Williams. It's a lottery at that level and they are small so they don't have that many spots to fill. |
Anonymous
Wow. Does Elon track demonstrated interest? Did your cousin show any? |
Anonymous
| UChicago should be the first school mentioned. Suprised it hasn't dominated. |
Anonymous
They are related. |
Anonymous
I think at a minimum he visited. I think Elon figured he'd get into other schools and wouldn't go there and they were likely correct. I don't think he would have turned down Brown for Elon. However, he was genuinely interested because of the theater program. |
Anonymous
Just as not believing it is just a cope for people's whose kids got into a school that yield protects and want to believe that their special cupcake is better than all the students who didn't. There are schools that yield protect--the data is obvious. They accept the students that they think are likely to come and they waitlist the ones who they think won't. It's nothing that nefarious--it's part of the hard work of ensuring you have the right size class each year. |
Anonymous
I think maybe people are balking at the term "yield protect" thinking that yield is the only factor. But, even at selective schools, yield is likely a factor (even if school doesn't officially consider demonstrated interest). If they have a history with kids from a certain school turning them down, it's possible that they tip those lottery odds elsewhere. I think it's not uncommon for top schools to consider who they think will accept them back (which likely goes hand in hand with fit). YCBK talks about this with MIT even. |
Anonymous
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As much as I hate the current college admissions machine, where no one really seems to be able to predict who might get in where and as much I think yield protection sucks, I’m start to see why it might happen and might matter. And not just for dorm space.
We have now visited a decent number of T30 or so schools and they seem remarkably…. similar. It makes me wonder if schools are losing any identity they ever had because more students are just selecting the “best” school they get into or maybe the one that gives them the most money (or both). That’s understandable. But it may also lead to changes to students who are less enthusiastic about the school they attend and therefore changes to the campus communities and “vibe.” |
Anonymous
+1 poster child for yield protection along with Tufts, Northeastern, Tulane, and WashU |