Emory University's dismal yield

[Anonymous]

None of the above answers explain Emory's low yield. The problem isn't merit aid because the colleges with the highest yield are dominated by those which don't offer any (the Ivies, Pomona/Wellesley/Bowdoin/Williams). The problem isn't that students are applying to multiple schools because that applies for all of these schools, not just Emory.

A 15% yield rate is embarrassing for an institution of the supposed caliber of a top 20 university. The next lowest is Rice, but it's still 10% higher.

[Anonymous]

Why do you care? Is your diploma from Emory and now you feel that it is useless?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why do you care? Is your diploma from Emory and now you feel that it is useless?

No need to be a jerk for those asking a meaningful question. Anyone who is a parent of a prospective Emory applicant should know why RD students aren't likely to enroll there compared to peer schools.

[Anonymous]

I don't really know what the yield statistic about Emory indicates, but I was reading the most recent Bethesda magazine article about college applications for 2017 graduates from 7 Bethesda schools. In this article, which includes bcc, Blair, RM, wootton, Whitman, wj, and Churchill, there were 164 applicants and 38 acceptances to Emory. That works out to a 23% acceptance rate. For Wash U it's 56/208 which is 27%. For Georgetown it's 45/200 which is 22.5 percent. For Berkeley it's 48/204 which is 23.5%. These schools are all ranked pretty closely in the USNews ratings. The yield statistic is surprising, but I am not really sure that it is terribly significant compared to many other data points.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My son is applying to a few privates. We havent told them, but if merit aid isn't forthcoming, he isn't going. I think they all face this problem.

Why haven't you told him? That will be an unpleasant surprise if he falls in love with a school that doesn't give merit money.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't really know what the yield statistic about Emory indicates, but I was reading the most recent Bethesda magazine article about college applications for 2017 graduates from 7 Bethesda schools. In this article, which includes bcc, Blair, RM, wootton, Whitman, wj, and Churchill, there were 164 applicants and 38 acceptances to Emory. That works out to a 23% acceptance rate. For Wash U it's 56/208 which is 27%. For Georgetown it's 45/200 which is 22.5 percent. For Berkeley it's 48/204 which is 23.5%. These schools are all ranked pretty closely in the USNews ratings. The yield statistic is surprising, but I am not really sure that it is terribly significant compared to many other data points.

Do you have a link to this? I can't find it on the website.

[Anonymous]

I subscribe to the magazine. I was not able to find 2017 admissions data online.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My son is applying to a few privates. We havent told them, but if merit aid isn't forthcoming, he isn't going. I think they all face this problem.

Why haven't you told him? That will be an unpleasant surprise if he falls in love with a school that doesn't give merit money.

NP. Read again PP. They haven't told THEM, meaning the schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I subscribe to the magazine. I was not able to find 2017 admissions data online.

I see. If it's not too much to ask, could you tell me the total applying and admitted to these ten schools? Thank you so much.

Columbia, Williams, Amherst, Swarthmore, Pomona, Bowdoin, Brown, Carleton, Dartmouth, and Middlebury

[Anonymous]

Columbia 14/197 7%
Williams 7/55 12%
Amherst 7/53. 13%
Swarthmore 9/78 11.5%
Pomona 3/49. 6%
Bowdoin 4/49. 8%
Brown 12/216. 5.5%
Carleton 11/32. 34%
Dartmouth 12/99. 12%
Middlebury 13/57 23%

[Anonymous]

Emory is one of my dd's top two dream schools. Sounds like they're picking the wrong kids.

[Anonymous]

These top schools with low-RD yields have a method to their madness. I think they are desperately trying to improve their diversity but pushing on a string.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My son is applying to a few privates. We havent told them, but if merit aid isn't forthcoming, he isn't going. I think they all face this problem.

Why haven't you told him? That will be an unpleasant surprise if he falls in love with a school that doesn't give merit money.

+1. Why would you not be upfront with your kid about what you can and can't pay for for college? He works for 4 years. He gets in to college of his dreams, and you say-- nope sorry.. no enough merit money?

I have seen parents do this, and it is shitty. And the kids always end up hating the parents for letting them have unrealistic expectations.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Emory is one of my dd's top two dream schools. Sounds like they're picking the wrong kids.

Yep. That's my take too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Columbia 14/197 7%
Williams 7/55 12%
Amherst 7/53. 13%
Swarthmore 9/78 11.5%
Pomona 3/49. 6%
Bowdoin 4/49. 8%
Brown 12/216. 5.5%
Carleton 11/32. 34%
Dartmouth 12/99. 12%
Middlebury 13/57 23%

When you see these stats though keep in mind you don't know RD/ED or any hooks students have. Also these numbers for some of the smaller schools like Swarthmore are highly variable from year to year.