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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yield Rates and Admit Rates for the Class of 2029

https://www.ivywise.com/blog/college-yield-rates/[/quote]
This table is misleading without providing more context and explanation.

UChicago's crazy 88% yield rate is a result of taking 80% of the class ED.  [/quote]

I still think yield is important, but mostly for schools that have low yields (&lt;20%). That means a lot of students are getting in and not choosing the school. [/quote]

So?  That is literally what many schools in the 30-60 range are like.  Do you think the college does not know 50%+ of their applicants are applying to multiple T25 schools? Do you think the college does not know that 50% of their applicants would attend those T25 schools if accepted?

My kid had 2 of their 3 final choices like this:  CWRU and Rochester.  Both are filled with very smart kids, most of whom are there because they didn't get into any of the T25 schools they applied to as well.  Go check out the school newspapers, it's a running joke at both that they are "filled with ivy rejects".  My kid is at one of them and of their 15+ good friends, ALL of them had at least one of the following: WL, Spring Start, fall sophomore start at 2 or more T30 schools.  They all have the resume/qualifications/make good candidates for those schools but with 90%+ rejection rates, they didn't get a fall freshman year acceptance. So that's where they ended up (CWRU or Rochester).  Most of those kids get great jobs and/or are going onto graduate school/professional school at TOP places.  So yes, they are T25/30 "rejects" who never looked back and continued to learn and excel at life, just not at a T25 school.

Also, both of those schools are not in the "best/most exciting" locations, so they will loose students to similar ranked schools in a "better town"---nobody goes there and plans to stay after graduation (like happens at Boston or Chicago schools, etc).  [/quote]

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