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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The two schools with very obvious yield protection at our private, based on Scattergrams, were Tulane and Northeastern, only the middle third of the class was green territory.  This was for 2023 cycle, so basically the first three years post covid.[/quote]

Northeastern get 100K apps from high stat kids and acceptance rate is mid single digit for Boston campus.
You can call it yield protection or whatever but the school has luxury to pick and choose right students with high stats for the school who want to be there.  [/quote]

+1000

Yield protection does not happen at schools with single digit acceptance rates.

It happens at like a CWRU with a 35-40% acceptance rate and yield issues.  For them, if you are really high stats (higher than 80-90%) and you do NOT demonstrate considerable interest, they might not accept you.  They smartly figure you are likely getting into one of the 10+ t25 you applied to and going there.  So unless you convince them otherwise, they will offer the spot to someone more likely to attend.

And that’s fair and reasonable, they want students who want to attend not ones who will turn them down [/quote]

+1
I always laugh at the people who feel their kid should be accepted everywhere, even though it’s obvious they assume certain schools are “safeties” and use them accordingly.  No one has to accept your kid or owes them anything.  Wish people would get that through their heads. [/quote]

Agreed!  My kid ended up with CwRU as their 2nd choice (after all acceptances were it).  They offered $34K/year in merit, but my kid turned it down for their top choice (which I must say really is a better fit for them despite the extra costs).  The school they are at (as well as CWRU---they have a few friends there) are both school known for "not being in an area that is as exciting as many other schools---cold, dreary, not so nice towns" and "for being filled with T25 rejects".  My kid was WL at 2 T25, and spring start at another.  10+ of their friends had similar results (at least 1 WL and/or Spring start at a T25/Ivy).  It's the same at CWRU.  Those schools are literally filled with kids who "had the resume for T25", bought their lottery ticket and didn't win the lottery.  That describes at least 40-50% of students at both schools. It's a well know fact at both schools, written about each year in the student newspaper.

I think my kid ended up at a better school for them.  This school has some unique aspects that make it perfect for them. And when we did tours, it probably was their top or 2nd choice if they were honest with themselves.  They left that tour very happy[/quote]

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