List of Acceptance Rates and Admit Profiles for this Year

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This thread is incredibly unhelpful. Who would base their decision to apply to a school on this meaningless drivel? It is only interesting from a position of curiosity.

? It's a relevant piece of information. What interests me are the trends over time. Many of the best schools are getting sooo selective. Not sure why, but this was a tough year for many highly qualified applicants.

Does it? Or is it merely a reflection of the school’s marketing machine getting kids to apply since it is so much easier nowadays? We see schools whose admission rate dropped due to an extra essay and what do they do? They remove the essay so they can get more applications to make themselves seem more selective. USWR should really drop admission % from their ranking methodology. A low admission % alone is not an indication on how good a school is or its fit for your child.

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I think everyone agrees with that. But who looks makes their decisions based on this single piece of information alone.

BTW, you're very pedantic you know that?

[Anonymous]

Useless information.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Useless information. [/quote]

+1. Also doesn't take into account the different pools of students that state flagships attract, both in-state and OOS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Useless information.

+1 billion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Your UVA EA figure is wrong. The acceptance rate for EA dropped to 27.8% http://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2018/01/uva-accepts-27-8-percent-of-early-action-applicants-for-class-of-2022

The list posted comes from College Confidential and gets updated regularly as official stats come out.

Why would you use year old stats from College confidential when I've provided the 2018 EA results for you. Traditionally, RD is somewhat lower than EA. Wouldn't the institution itself be more likely to have the correct stats than old College Confidential materials? This is why this post is useless.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This thread is incredibly unhelpful. Who would base their decision to apply to a school on this meaningless drivel? It is only interesting from a position of curiosity.

If you think people don't pay attention to these articles, you either live under a rock or are utterly delusional.

This is the clearest indicator of what a school is looking for. Not the Common Data Set, which accounts only for enrolled students (some schools have yields of 20% ), not Naviance since it merges previous less selective years.

I find this info helpful and appreciate it being posted as a reference.

[Anonymous]

OP here. I did not add the massive chunk of info regarding EA/ED acceptance rates (6:33), so I cannot confirm the validity of that data.

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Colby College (13% acceptance rate): https://medium.com/colby-echo/colbys-regular-decision-acceptance-rate-hits-13-for-class-of-2022-b25c2b39d7a8

Santa Clara University (49% acceptance rate): https://www.scu.edu/news-and-events/press-releases/2018/march-2018/santa-clara-university-sends-admissions-decisions-to-the-class-of-2022.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This thread is incredibly unhelpful. Who would base their decision to apply to a school on this meaningless drivel? It is only interesting from a position of curiosity.

If you think people don't pay attention to these articles, you either live under a rock or are utterly delusional.

This is the clearest indicator of what a school is looking for. Not the Common Data Set, which accounts only for enrolled students (some schools have yields of 20% ), not Naviance since it merges previous less selective years.

I find this info helpful and appreciate it being posted as a reference.

Our Naviance only posts from the last 7 years. "Trends" do not change that much over 7 years. But okay...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This thread is incredibly unhelpful. Who would base their decision to apply to a school on this meaningless drivel? It is only interesting from a position of curiosity.

If you think people don't pay attention to these articles, you either live under a rock or are utterly delusional.

This is the clearest indicator of what a school is looking for. Not the Common Data Set, which accounts only for enrolled students (some schools have yields of 20% ), not Naviance since it merges previous less selective years.

I find this info helpful and appreciate it being posted as a reference.

The common data set provides great information like applicants' gender, out of state admitted #, the 25%/75% SAT & ACT scores, ethnic make-up of the freshman class, etc... Although its enrolled students data, its loads more valuable that final admissions stats. The common data set is REALITY. The admissions profile is DREAM WORLD.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Your UVA EA figure is wrong. The acceptance rate for EA dropped to 27.8% http://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2018/01/uva-accepts-27-8-percent-of-early-action-applicants-for-class-of-2022

The list posted comes from College Confidential and gets updated regularly as official stats come out.

Why would you use year old stats from College confidential when I've provided the 2018 EA results for you. Traditionally, RD is somewhat lower than EA. Wouldn't the institution itself be more likely to have the correct stats than old College Confidential materials? This is why this post is useless.

Actually the 27.8% EA figure is useless since it does not separate in-state EA results from OOS state EA results. I don't care what OOS EA results are and non-Virginians don't care about instate results.

[Anonymous]

this thread is so stupid. my kid isn't applying to college this year, but I could sit here and post fake "admit profiles" and no one would know the difference.

this is an anonymous forum. why the hell would anyone think people are going to sit here and post specific enough profiles of admitted students to be at all helpful?

[Anonymous]

What sort of drugs are you on? This isn't the matrix we're living in.

The admitted students profile is far more representative about the reality of the process for that year. The sort of testing, diversity, class rank, etc that made for a successful admitted student. The things the admissions offive sought out. Maybe Colby isn't the type to usually enroll 90% in the top 10% with median 33 ACT (as above profile describes). But that's what they were seeking out this year and the credentials of those who got that coveted acceptance letter.

The Common Data set indicates the student body who enrolls. There are some key admissions data points like waitlist movement and yield, but it's a reflection of a small number of students. You can't draw assumptions about diversity and academic strength of the applicant pool based off it. Virtually every school save Harvard and Stanford will have a weaker, less diverse enrolled profile than an admitted one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:this thread is so stupid. my kid isn't applying to college this year, but I could sit here and post fake "admit profiles" and no one would know the difference.

this is an anonymous forum. why the hell would anyone think people are going to sit here and post specific enough profiles of admitted students to be at all helpful?

Point out what's fake here? Every link is either from the school/associated office itself or from a prominent admissions source.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Your UVA EA figure is wrong. The acceptance rate for EA dropped to 27.8% http://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2018/01/uva-accepts-27-8-percent-of-early-action-applicants-for-class-of-2022

It's not wrong. You need to combine the OOS and in state numbers.

OOS: 3382/15,676 (21.6%)
In State: 2618/5897 (47.8%)
Combined: 6000/21,573 (27.8%)

The 27.8% is the same number in the post that you link to.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:this thread is so stupid. my kid isn't applying to college this year, but I could sit here and post fake "admit profiles" and no one would know the difference.

this is an anonymous forum. why the hell would anyone think people are going to sit here and post specific enough profiles of admitted students to be at all helpful?

Point out what's fake here? Every link is either from the school/associated office itself or from a prominent admissions source.

1. it's stupid to post acceptance rates. they provide no useful information.

2. OP's subject line also included "admit profile," which no one is going to post with any degree of specificity for an individual kid. if they mean a profile of admitted students provided by the universities, those aren't going to come out until later.