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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]VT 47,101 applied, 26,923 admitted,  [b]acceptance rate 57%[/b],  7,196 enroll,[b] yield of 27%[/b]
UVA  50,941 applied, 9,504 admitted, [b]acceptance rate 19%[/b], 4,030 enroll, [b]yield of 42%[/b]
UMD 56,637 applied, 25,209 admitted, [b]acceptance rate 45%[/b], 5,783 enroll,[b] yield of 23%[/b]
W&M 17,548 applied, 5,741 admitted, [b]acceptance rate 33%[/b],1,619 enroll, [b]yield of 28%[/b]
Georgetown 26,638 applied, 3,257 admitted, [b]acceptance rate 12%[/b], 1,574 enroll, [b]yield of 48%[/b]
Johns Hopkins 37,826 applied, 2,739 admitted, [b]acceptance rate 7%[/b], 1,405 enroll, [b]yield of 51%[/b]

I'm surprised to see VT, UMD and W&M yields so low.[b] It looks like a lot applicants use those schools as a safety[/b].
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They aren't safeties, but certainly, in-state students would be wise to have them on their list as targets. Or to be more blunt, in most cases, [i]not applying[/i] to one's in-state schools would be dumb.[/quote]

Yield doesn't seem to be a good way of looking at selectivity and whether it is a safety.  Why not look at stats?  That is a much more direct indicator.  If you are below a certain point on the stats, it is not a safety for you.

W&M enrolled = 1510/1450/1360 for SAT and 34/33/32 for ACT.   
VT enrolled = 1410/1330/1250 for SAT and 32/30/27 for ACT
UMD enrolled = 1510/1440/1370 for SAT and 34/33/31 for ACT.[/quote]

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