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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Top LACs are slowly dying. They are finding it very hard to compete with ivies as shown by their very low yields and every year there are tens and tens of top LAC students transferring into the ivies. [/quote]

A bold statement, but not quite correct.

Retention Rates: https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/the-short-list-college/articles/2017-11-14/colleges-where-freshmen-are-most-likely-to-return

LACs which show up- Amherst, Harvey Mudd, Harvey Mudd, Pomona, Williams.

Very low yields? Not exactly. I mean, relative to the Ivies, sure. But they're in the high end among most private colleges. Amherst, Middlebury, and Swarthmore have 40% yields. Williams has a 45% yield. Wellesley has a 48% yield. Bowdoin has a 50% yield. Pomona and Claremont have yields around 55%. On average, the top 10 LACs have an acceptance rate of 16%, whereas the Ivies/Stanford/MIT have an acceptance rate of 8%. So students are more likely to get into multiple LACs, pushing yields down at the ones they decide not to attend. How many students get into multiple Ivies? Of course their yields keep increasing- fewer and fewer students are getting into multiple. [/quote]

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