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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]YCBK has had some interviews on this lately.  The truth is that every school wants to “make its class”, have a low admit rate and a high yield on admits.  If those things start slipping, people think “oh that schools not as good” so applications go down and it’s a downward spiral.  So schools are very guarded about these numbers and at least some are starting to throw merit money at some kids to get them in and committed.  The colleges are starting to compete among themselves. I’m not talking about the T10 or even T20, but the ones on the 20-100 range.

It’s not clear this is sustainable.

I was shocked to learn on this podcast that the average student is only paying 47% of rack rate for a school.  What other industry prices its product double what the average consumer pays?  It’s worse than car dealerships.

It’s a highly irrational and non transparent market.  [/quote]

Syracuse has had a yield problem for a few years now.  Perhaps they are being too selective.

I don't think you see issues like this very frequently in the T100, above that, sure.[/quote]

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