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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why do you care? Is your diploma from Emory and now you feel that it is useless?[/quote]

No need to be a jerk for those asking a meaningful question. Anyone who is a parent of a prospective Emory applicant should know why RD students aren't likely to enroll there compared to peer schools.  [/quote]

How is this a meaningful question?  Yield goes into rankings, but has no reflection on the quality of education a student receives.  Emory is highly ranked. It has a good reputation for employer,  especially in its region.  It is well respected among graduate school admissions committees.

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Because it's telling when extremely bright students (Emory's admit profile is quite strong) who have the decision to go to Emory choose to go elsewhere. If Emory is by far the lowest among both top national universities and a number of LACs (some not considered as good as a top 20 ranked U), that is concerning. RD yield is not factored in the rankings, so a lot of schools report higher yields by taking a number of ED folks. Middlebury is one of the worst for this, with a 43% yield overall thanks to half the class being ED compared to just 20% for RD students. While it's not a perfect measure of institutional strength, it can help give a sense of how the students who are actually admitted perceive their choice upon considering the school. Last I checked, Emory was not considered a safety in this day and time with its 25% admit rate for the last few years.  [/quote]

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