Yield rates, some surprises

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Aren’t Chicago and Northeastern the only schools on this list with the trifecta of EA, ED1, and ED2?

Northeastern's data is published. They only take in 34% of their class early decision I and early decision II. Having early action is of little relevance to yield.

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to silly school.

[Anonymous]

The top 5 yield: HYPMS (not counting religious or military affiliated schools)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Aren’t Chicago and Northeastern the only schools on this list with the trifecta of EA, ED1, and ED2?

Northeastern's data is published. They only take in 34% of their class early decision I and early decision II. Having early action is of little relevance to yield.

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to silly school.

Ummm...well they aren't wrong. How does a nonrestrictive early action implicate yield?

[Anonymous]

Does any of this matter as long as they fill the class with bright, capable students?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Aren’t Chicago and Northeastern the only schools on this list with the trifecta of EA, ED1, and ED2?

?? many many schools have ED1 and ED2

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why does Rice seem low. Don't know why some of you overrate this school

Because you are privy to its “true” ranking, right? Riiiiiiiight. 🙄🙄🙄🙄

The true ranking is achievable by whichever university is willing to most game the system by having their admissions office reject anyone considered less likely to attend.

Goodhart's law: "When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_law

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Aren’t Chicago and Northeastern the only schools on this list with the trifecta of EA, ED1, and ED2?

Northeastern's data is published. They only take in 34% of their class early decision I and early decision II. Having early action is of little relevance to yield.

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to silly school.

Someone doesn't know the difference between early action and early decision...take the L...and move on

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nice list. The obvious point that the data informs is how attractive the school is to top students. Notre Dame is the clear top choice among Catholics.

Northeastern has the same EDI and EDII as BU but a much higher yield.

Rice and Harvey Mudd are question marks. Maybe Harvey Mudd has a crossover with Cal Tech? Rice one would think would be higher, especially because they do ED.

Among publics, UVA is right in line with its peers.

But, what percentage of its class does each school take ED? That is the real question. You can't compare all ED schools in desirability just because they have ED.

+1

[Anonymous]

Yield rates for ED schools should be solely based on the population of non-ED applicants.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Aren’t Chicago and Northeastern the only schools on this list with the trifecta of EA, ED1, and ED2?

Northeastern's data is published. They only take in 34% of their class early decision I and early decision II. Having early action is of little relevance to yield.

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to silly school.

Ummm...well they aren't wrong. How does a nonrestrictive early action implicate yield?

Think EA and RD have the same yield rates? Think again. Or, preferably, not at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Aren’t Chicago and Northeastern the only schools on this list with the trifecta of EA, ED1, and ED2?

?? many many schools have ED1 and ED2

And the schools which have all 3 are….

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Notre Dame obviously the most impressive here: no ED and a brand of EA that is less restrictive than that of SCEA schools (you can apply to other EA schools at Notre Dame).

60% is a great number but stop with the "obviously most impressive." ND applicants are "obviously" extremely self-selecting. The kids I've known who have applied already know it's their #1 or near top choice. And many have "known" that since kindergarten.

Agreed. It has a cult following, not that there anything wrong with that.

You realize this thread is about yield, right? By saying things like “cult following” and “self-selective” you are not making a point; you are just using other phrases to describe high yield.

We all know why ND has a higher yield. Not sure what your point is.

Look up what a tautology is.

[Anonymous]

Are these yield rates for the current year?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why does Rice seem low. Don't know why some of you overrate this school

Like I do not understand. I said the same thing in another thread. OT i.think a yeild of 40% or more is respectable

[Anonymous]

Obviously if a school has EDI and EDII that impacts yield. I think Rice competes with MIT, Caltech, CMU and those 3, all of which have higher yields, vacuums up a lot of the top kids. Rice obviously is not afraid of admitting these top kids even though they know not all will attend. So perhaps its the opposite of yield protect.