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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OWU. Roanoke. Kalamazoo. McDaniel. Elon.

I don’t think Gettysburg or Dickinson are easier to get into than Denison.

St Olaf, but I don’t think that’s easy to get into. Rhodes felt similar, but it’s more religious, and I think harder to get into.[/quote]

Denison may not be harder to get into academically (I'm not sure), [b]but more students are applying to Denison[/b], making it... harder to get into.

2023 ACCEPTANCE RATES
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Denison - 17%
Dickinson - 43%
Gettysburg - 48%
Rhodes - 53%
St Olaf - 56%

This looks to be several years old, but you can compare SAT scores here: https://www.reachhighscholars.org/scores_and_acceptance.html.
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Is that true? Doesn't Denison also do a lot of yield protections stuff? e.g., have no essay but then email all the applicants later saying "hey, now is a good time for an essay" Also, don't they waitlist some students but tell them they will get merit if accepted?[/quote]

Hopefully, I got this info below right...

From the 2022-2023 Common Data Sets

Applied/Accepted/Enrolled

Denison = 12,220*/2,684/683 = 22% acceptance rate = 25% yield
Dickinson = 8,261/2,885/577 = 35% acceptance rate = 20% yield
Gettysburg = 5,796/3,264/644 = 56% acceptance rate = 19% yield
Rhodes = 5,253/2,832/477 = 53% acceptance rate = 17% yield
St Olaf = 5,524/3,116/869 = 56% acceptance rate = 28% yield

In 2023, Denison had 14,500+ applications

- Denison has an optional "Why Denison" essay that they send out later.
- St. Olaf and Dickinson have optional essays. Gettysburg and Rhodes do not have additional essays. Rhodes has a cool elevator pitch option.
- Denison offers some students on their waitlist merit money, but the reported admitted student rate already includes waitlisted students, so that would not impact the acceptance rate. However, I think offering merit money to waitlisted students would positively impact the yield rate, if they do move off the waitlist.

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