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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]From what I am hearing now, it’s a very strong year for Sidwell.  Many kids are in the process of deciding between great choices.   Note to future classes:  ED, SCEA, EA results are not indicative of anything other than schools locking in (with a lot of game theory) their institutional priorities.  Stay chill and it will all work out.  [/quote]

That is not what I am hearing from my senior. I do not want to give more detail than this, as it would require talking about specific college destinations and therefore specific students. And this is not me as a parent being snooty about colleges. The students I am hearing about are unhappy.[/quote]

Is it possible for you to say something broadly about the set of students this might cover?  For example, is this still the group in the hardest classes that earlier threads were fretting about after ED/SCEA? Or is it more broad set kids with good GPA? Or something other group?    [/quote]

My sense is it is a perception issue.  Kids I know have a great choice but it was not their first choice nor did they have as many choices as previous years' kids. [b] They also got some head scratching denials (good kids who were way above stats). [/b] So some may view as good news bc they are into great schools but others may view it as disappointing bc wasn't what they were hoping for.  Both are probably partially correct.

Sorry i can't share more info.[/quote]

I'm guessing these are "yield preservation" denials. [b]The USNWR rankings punish schools for admitted students who choose to go elsewhere.[/b] When a kid is too far above the stats, the school has to ask itself if there's any way they're really going to be able to sway the kid from what the public perceives as more prestigious options. Competing maybe 50 spots up the USNWR rankings, AND the school can see the student has opened their emails and navigated to their webpage (through cookies tracking the IP address natch)? They might be able to buy the kid with heavy merit aid plus Honors College, preferential treatment for course enrollment and things like Study Year Abroad, etc. But if they think the kid is likely in the T-15 constellation, and they sense the student isn't truly interested or has better options, that school's best off rejecting the student to preserve their yield.[/quote]

According to their methodology, yield is not a factor in the USNWR rankings.  https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/articles/how-us-news-calculated-the-rankings[/quote]

Yes, yield protection is not about rankings.  It's about enrollment management.  When kids apply to 20+ schools it's gets harder to predict how many to accept to ensure you have appropriate enrollment.  This is why schools waitlist--and then move on the waitlist before decision day as their enrollment model becomes more clear.  It's also why they like ED--it helps them lock in a certain percentage of sure enrollment which makes predicting the rest easier.[/quote]

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