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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Embargoed means it still has time to change right? I think a more reasonable list would go:

1. Princeton
2. MIT
3. Harvard
3. Stanford
5. Yale
6. Caltech
6. Duke
8. Johns Hopkins
8. Northwestern
10. Penn[/quote]

Well sheeit, if we're going to do that then I'd say:

1. MIT
2. Stanford
3. Harvard
3. Cal Tech
5. Princeton
6. Duke
6. Johns Hopkins
8. Yale
8. Penn
[b]10. Brown[/b][/quote]

We found the Brown alum who was rejected by Northwestern ![/quote]

Kids at Brown don't care about Northwestern.[/quote]

Oh but they do. For finance bros and stem kids, Brown is seen as an easier admit and not as good as Northwestern—so many kids who get deferred or rejected from ED at Penn Wharton or engineering or M&T(insanely popular among males from wealthy families) “settle” for Brown or Dartmouth in RD, and often do not get into Northwestern RD but would prefer it over Brown if they did.  [/quote]

The theory that people want to attend Penn or Northwestern way more than Brown or Dartmouth is not really supported by data.

Regular decision acceptance rate
4.0% Brown
4.4% Penn
4.5% Dartmouth
5.5% Northwestern

Regular decision yield
53.0% Penn
49.8% Dartmouth
45.0% Brown
36.5% Northwestern

[/quote]

This is interesting information.

RD yield is lower at Northwestern because almost all NU RD admits have very elite East Coast options. Unless exposed to the Chicago area (Chicago is the nation's third largest city), many do not realize what an incredible location NU has. And Chicago is easily accessed and is a great city. Also, the weather deters some.

UPenn does well due to the Wharton School of Business which is the best in the country and probably the best in the world.

Again, thank you for posting the information. If I may ask, what is your source ? TIA[/quote]

The source of the data is the most recent common data set for each school.  You have to back out early decision applicants and early decision admits by hand.  There is some imprecision (like some people get deferred from ED and later accepted in RD,  a few people are accepted to ED but don't actually enroll, etc.).  But I think it mostly summarizes the situation.

I have visited Northwestern and really liked it.  The other three schools are great too![/quote]

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