Top 20-ish Colleges by YIELD RATE

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Anonymous wrote:

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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.

SCEA is still restrictive, in that you can’t apply to any other privates early. Notre Dame is least restrictive amongst the schools on this list: apply anywhere you want if you are applying to us EA - just don’t apply anywhere ED. Think of the SCEA schools as somewhere in between in their yield gaming.

[Anonymous]

MIT is one of the few colleges that does not have ED, SCEA. On the other end, Chicago has ED0, ED1, ED2 and unofficial ED3 (taking kids of waitlist only if they commit tp the school).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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)

U Chicago should not be on this list as almost all are admitted binding ED (ED 0, ED 1, or ED 2). Yield, therefore, is a non-issue beyond the fact that it is not closer to 100%.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote: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)

U Chicago should not be on this list as almost all are admitted binding ED (ED 0, ED 1, or ED 2). Yield, therefore, is a non-issue beyond the fact that it is not closer to 100%.

correct

[Anonymous]

correct. If you take pretty much whole class ED, yield is kind of irrelevant

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote: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)

U Chicago should not be on this list as almost all are admitted binding ED (ED 0, ED 1, or ED 2). Yield, therefore, is a non-issue beyond the fact that it is not closer to 100%.

“Almost everyone who goes to this school commits to attend before being admitted” means that’s it’s the #1 choice of a shitload of kids, pal.

The choice counts, the choice is significant because it’s being made BEFORE they even know if they are admitted.

Applicants are literally saying yes BEFORE they submit their application.

As they say in economics, REVEALED PREFERENCE.

[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%.

Where do you find this

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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)

U Chicago should not be on this list as almost all are admitted binding ED (ED 0, ED 1, or ED 2). Yield, therefore, is a non-issue beyond the fact that it is not closer to 100%.

“Almost everyone who goes to this school commits to attend before being admitted” means that’s it’s the #1 choice of a shitload of kids, pal.

The choice counts, the choice is significant because it’s being made BEFORE they even know if they are admitted.

Applicants are literally saying yes BEFORE they submit their application.

As they say in economics, REVEALED PREFERENCE.

Put another way way, Chicago is full of kids who don’t have the confidence they could get into an Ivy

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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)

U Chicago should not be on this list as almost all are admitted binding ED (ED 0, ED 1, or ED 2). Yield, therefore, is a non-issue beyond the fact that it is not closer to 100%.

“Almost everyone who goes to this school commits to attend before being admitted” means that’s it’s the #1 choice of a shitload of kids, pal.

The choice counts, the choice is significant because it’s being made BEFORE they even know if they are admitted.

Applicants are literally saying yes BEFORE they submit their application.

As they say in economics, REVEALED PREFERENCE.

Put another way way, Chicago is full of kids who don’t have the confidence they could get into an Ivy

Or got scared after being denied on deferred from their real first choice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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)

U Chicago should not be on this list as almost all are admitted binding ED (ED 0, ED 1, or ED 2). Yield, therefore, is a non-issue beyond the fact that it is not closer to 100%.

“Almost everyone who goes to this school commits to attend before being admitted” means that’s it’s the #1 choice of a shitload of kids, pal.

The choice counts, the choice is significant because it’s being made BEFORE they even know if they are admitted.

Applicants are literally saying yes BEFORE they submit their application.

As they say in economics, REVEALED PREFERENCE.

Put another way way, Chicago is full of kids who don’t have the confidence they could get into an Ivy

Old parents are welcome to be snooty and think it's still the 90s.

But it's a different game today. And lots of smart kids are being strategic when it comes to T20 schools. They don't have the right hook, so Harvard and Princeton aren't happening - unlike the 90s when talent could get in. So smart kids are making different choices today. Only a moron bets all on an SCEA admit to HYPS. Most brilliant kids go elsewhere these days. And HYPS RD picks up the scraps from those who didn't get in ED elsewhere.

MIT is different. It doesn't make a difference when you apply. So you can shoot your shot anytime.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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)

U Chicago should not be on this list as almost all are admitted binding ED (ED 0, ED 1, or ED 2). Yield, therefore, is a non-issue beyond the fact that it is not closer to 100%.

“Almost everyone who goes to this school commits to attend before being admitted” means that’s it’s the #1 choice of a shitload of kids, pal.

The choice counts, the choice is significant because it’s being made BEFORE they even know if they are admitted.

Applicants are literally saying yes BEFORE they submit their application.

As they say in economics, REVEALED PREFERENCE.

Put another way way, Chicago is full of kids who don’t have the confidence they could get into an Ivy

Old parents are welcome to be snooty and think it's still the 90s.

But it's a different game today. And lots of smart kids are being strategic when it comes to T20 schools. They don't have the right hook, so Harvard and Princeton aren't happening - unlike the 90s when talent could get in. So smart kids are making different choices today. Only a moron bets all on an SCEA admit to HYPS. Most brilliant kids go elsewhere these days. And HYPS RD picks up the scraps from those who didn't get in ED elsewhere.

MIT is different. It doesn't make a difference when you apply. So you can shoot your shot anytime.

When have you seen HYPS picking up scraps??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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

Right, it is 99% mormon, not 100% mormon. Get your facts straight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are you that Chicago booster?

Yes.
-NP

[Anonymous]

U Chicago is a yield whore.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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)

U Chicago should not be on this list as almost all are admitted binding ED (ED 0, ED 1, or ED 2). Yield, therefore, is a non-issue beyond the fact that it is not closer to 100%.

“Almost everyone who goes to this school commits to attend before being admitted” means that’s it’s the #1 choice of a shitload of kids, pal.

The choice counts, the choice is significant because it’s being made BEFORE they even know if they are admitted.

Applicants are literally saying yes BEFORE they submit their application.

As they say in economics, REVEALED PREFERENCE.

Your response is rude and childish as well as based on incorrect logic.

Applying ED to U Chicago may or may not signify that U Chicago is an applicant's first choice school as it is just as likely that it reveals choice based on an applicant's best chance for admission to an elite school.