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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All of these 35/36 ACT kids applying to Pitt as their safety are mucking it up for kids who actually want to go there.[/quote]

You do understand that Pitt does know how to predict their yield, right? [/quote]

I don't, can you elaborate?[/quote]

I’ll take a stab.  Every school has a formula (based on experience) for how many offers will produce a single acceptance. They evaluate this based on the stats of the kids, not just overall numbers, hence the discussion about “yield protection.”  Some schools don’t offer to high stats kids who don’t show interest because they know the likelihood of acceptance is low (they know that they’re a “safety” school). So the number of offers that go out is not a fixed number. It depends on the projected yield for similarly situated students. For 2019-2020, Pitt’s overall yield was 22.15% & it was probably lower than that for high stats kids. Schools do mess up yield projection from time to time (*ahem* Virginia Tech), but they will generally know how many high stats kids will accept for every offer made. So, if for example, it’s 10%, then they know that they can make 10 offers for every one that will accept. The nine that don’t accept aren’t taking a space away from a lower stats kid. The bottom line is that the higher stats kids don’t soak up all the admissions (unless there really are that many high stats kids that will go to Pitt, in which case, fair enough). [/quote]

I think Pitt overenrolled quite a bit forthe 2025s.[/quote]

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