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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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

[b]Yield protection does not happen at schools with single digit acceptance rates. [/b]

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]

Tufts is 10% acceptance rate and yield protection was named for them.

Colleges can can get to a very low acceptance rate by inducing people to apply through marketing and doing things like counting incomplete applications.  [/quote]it was named after them in the 90s. They didn’t have a 10% accept rate then. [/quote]

Exactly right. If Tufts ever "yield protected" it was 25+ years ago when then had a 40% admit rate and a 30% yield. Now that they have a 10% admit rate and a 50% yield, there is no chance they are doing "yield protection". They don't need to![/quote]

And back then I don't blame them for "yield protecting".  A college's goal is to fill their freshman class and maximize yield (ie not need to go to the WaitList).  In order to do that, you need to accept students who actually want to attend your school, ideally as a top choice.  For years, Tufts has been the "next lower tier" for those wanting to attend Ivies.  It's in the NE/Boston, similar size to many T25 schools. So they quickly learn which zip codes/private boarding schools (there are many in the NE) actually have students with those stats matriculate at Tufts.  When they realize it's very small, they will be less likely to admit students with those stats/background.  They would rather take a risk on a 1500/3.96UW/8AP kid versus a 1590/4.0Uw/12AP kid because their data tells them the first actually wants to attend, the 2nd is using them as a safety.  
FYI-there are ways for a high stats kid to convince a school otherwise---you actively communicate with the AO/Dept of intended major/etc and make it known you are interested. I'd bet that is the difference between the really high stat kids who get accepted vs ones who are deferred or WL or rejected---the school believes they want to attend.

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