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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't understand this because high apps but very low yield doesn't look good. [/quote]

Yes, it does. In the college admissions world anyway. It makes them look more selective. "We received 100,000 apps but only admitted 1,000 people. We have a 1% acceptance rate. Look at how competitive we are! We're such a hard school to get into. And look at how many kids want to attend our school!"[/quote]

Fair enough, PP, but if only 100 of the 1,000 admits actually enroll, that is a low yield and it looks bad.  It means most of the people who applied didn't really want to go there or had better options elsewhere.  It is interesting to look at lists of school with the highest yield.  They are often niche schools to which a limited number of people would ever be interested in applying--such as military academies, all women's colleges, or very conservative or religious colleges.  For those that want to go there, they are great schools, hence high yield, but most people would not ever apply.  Am I missing something?[/quote]

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