Top 20-ish Colleges by YIELD RATE

[Anonymous]

1) University of Chicago: 88%
2) MIT: 86%
3) US Naval Academy: 85%
4) Harvard: 84%
5) Stanford: 82%
6) Princeton: 76%
7-8) Yale: 70% (tie)
7-8) UPenn: 70% (tie)
9-10) Dartmouth: 69% (tie)
9-10) Barnard: 69% (tie)

11) Brown: 65%
12-13) Cornell: 64% (tie)
12-13) Columbia: 64% (tie)
14) University of Notre Dame: 62%
15-16) Caltech: 61% (tie)
15-16) Vanderbilt: 61% (tie)
17) Duke: 59%
18) Northwestern: 56%
19) NYU: 55%
20-21) Bowdoin: 54% (tie)
20-21) Northeastern (tie)

[Anonymous]

Are you that Chicago booster?

[Anonymous]

Only non-ED yield rates count. I hope it’s not too hard to comprehend.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Only non-ED yield rates count. I hope it’s not too hard to comprehend.

They don't report non-ED yield. I do comprehend that colleges use ED (and some use multiple rounds of ED aggressively) as a lever to increase yield. It's just interesting to see the results.

[Anonymous]

You left off a few. West Point's yield rate is 78%; the Air Force Academy is also 78%; BYU is 76%. None of them have ED. Maybe others are missing, too. I don't care enough to look. Top 20 lists are dumb as shit, but if you're going to create some sort of stack ranking and leave schools off, your list has even less value.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Only non-ED yield rates count. I hope it’s not too hard to comprehend.

They don't report non-ED yield. I do comprehend that colleges use ED (and some use multiple rounds of ED aggressively) as a lever to increase yield. It's just interesting to see the results.

Agreed. And it's notable that MIT, Naval Academy, Princeton, Stanford all don't have binding ED (just SCEA or EA which are non-binding). Lots of these colleges are aggressively gaming their yield rates to move up in rankings. But informed students and parents are onto them.

[Anonymous]

OP's stats are OLD.

Dartmouth was 72% this year. They did not go to the waitlist.
Penn down to 68% this year.
Columbia down to 61%.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You left off a few. West Point's yield rate is 78%; the Air Force Academy is also 78%; BYU is 76%. None of them have ED. Maybe others are missing, too. I don't care enough to look. Top 20 lists are dumb as shit, but if you're going to create some sort of stack ranking and leave schools off, your list has even less value.

please calm down. most of the people on this board don't care about the academies or a mormon-only college like byu. I was wondering why USNA was included tbh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP's stats are OLD.

Dartmouth was 72% this year. They did not go to the waitlist.
Penn down to 68% this year.
Columbia down to 61%.

Not every single college's 2029 yield rates have been shared yet. It looks like OP used 2028 yield rates because that's the only complete set.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP's stats are OLD.

Dartmouth was 72% this year. They did not go to the waitlist.
Penn down to 68% this year.
Columbia down to 61%.

Not every single college's 2029 yield rates have been shared yet. It looks like OP used 2028 yield rates because that's the only complete set.

OP here - you are correct and thank you! Not all yield results for 2029 have been released yet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Only non-ED yield rates count. I hope it’s not too hard to comprehend.

I comprehend that lots of kids applying ED for any reason (athlete, development, actual passion, whatever) means a lot of kids want to go to that school.

If it’s a binding commitment to the school, then the motives don’t matter only the outcomes.

People pick schools for all kinds of motivations, it’s their life, they can do what they want.

But a super high yield means asses in seats, PEOPLE WANT TO GO TO THAT SCHOOL.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP's stats are OLD.

Dartmouth was 72% this year. They did not go to the waitlist.
Penn down to 68% this year.
Columbia down to 61%.

Not every single college's 2029 yield rates have been shared yet. It looks like OP used 2028 yield rates because that's the only complete set.

OP here - you are correct and thank you! Not all yield results for 2029 have been released yet.

If you’re going to include West Point and not Annapolis or Air Force it makes your list sus.

The academies don’t do ED and the admission decisions don’t even happen until you have a Congressional Nomination and get through all the physical requirements.

It’s a very different process compared to other schools. Include or don’t include. But if you’re going to include West Point, you should include the other academies.

And it still won’t be useful because it’s so unique. No other schools require Senators and Congresspeople to be on your side before they even read your application.

[Anonymous]

You really have to separate out ED and non-ED schools for this measure to be meaningful.

Then, within the schools that have ED, you need to note the % of students accepted ED (who must yield).

Yes, it's still impressive that kids choose to ED knowing that it will preclude other options, but that is not the same signal as students choosing to register without be compelled to do so/ giving up other options in advance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You left off a few. West Point's yield rate is 78%; the Air Force Academy is also 78%; BYU is 76%. None of them have ED. Maybe others are missing, too. I don't care enough to look. Top 20 lists are dumb as shit, but if you're going to create some sort of stack ranking and leave schools off, your list has even less value.

Remove the service academies from the list. All.of.them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You left off a few. West Point's yield rate is 78%; the Air Force Academy is also 78%; BYU is 76%. None of them have ED. Maybe others are missing, too. I don't care enough to look. Top 20 lists are dumb as shit, but if you're going to create some sort of stack ranking and leave schools off, your list has even less value.

please calm down. most of the people on this board don't care about the academies or a mormon-only college like byu. I was wondering why USNA was included tbh.

BYU is not mormon only