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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yield protection shouldn't be a thing. It is only a thing bc a high yield helps rankings. And rankings, as we all know, are generally pretty arbitrary and unhelpful.

So yield protection is bad and dumb.

However, having an enthusiastic and committed student body is great -- and it makes sense for institutions to want the students that want to be there most of all.

Personally, I'd really like to see US News take yield rates out of their rankings -- and commit to keeping them out -- so that schools could focus on admitting the students that they'd most like to attend -- and not just the ones that they believe will accept offers. it would go a long way towards making things make sense. [/quote]

Agree that US News should take it out. It is a thing because applicants/families are so focused on yield and the effect yield has on admissions rate. If a school's yield is low, they have to accept more students the following year. If the admissions rate goes down, people start trashing it and not applying. So colleges yield protect. Everyone needs to change their mentality.[/quote]

If yield is low you use the waitlist. Not that hard. Within reason, obviously.[/quote]

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