Anonymous wrote:I think this is all dated information. Yield was removed from the ratings, so what would be the point of rejecting top kids who might decide to attend?

Don't underestimate the prestige and marketability of having a low acceptance rate. The point is that if a University can maximize yield they can lower acceptance rate

I think this is all dated information. Yield was removed from the ratings, so what would be the point of rejecting top kids who might decide to attend?

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Anonymous wrote:UVA

I don't think they need to. Can you link to your source? It better not be that some kid with a 4.0 got denied one time.

I don't think UVA does. They have plenty of top students enrolled.... just look at their published stats. Are we saying that UVA thinks it was the best these kids could have gotten into?

I personally know many tippy top kids who got into UVA and other "better" colleges, but ended up choosing UVA for logistics or financial reasons, marching band, etc. If UVA was worried about yield protection and had rejected them thinking they would have other choices, UVA would have been out of luck.

Any school that DC did not get into yield protects, apparently.

And yet demonstrated interest is also iffy. We demonstrated interest by visiting several schools, and then DC decided such and so school was not a top choice as original thought before visiting.

It seems like applicants that feel they definitely should have gotten into XYZ school whine about yield protection. At the end of the day there’s nothing you can do other than demonstrate sincere interest. Stupid topic.

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Anonymous wrote:Is "yield protect" different than "demonstrated interest"?

Absolutely. But I think they get conflated because lack of demonstrated interest at some colleges significantly increases the likelihood of rejection, presumably because they don't think a student who didn't show interest in some way is actually serious about attending.

Weighing demonstrated interest as a factor in admissions is a means of yield protection. Colleges want to admit students who will actually enroll -- that's yield protection.

I would say Dickinson. Based upon how cagey they were in taking my daughter off their waitlist.

Yield protect has different forms. ED is a passive form of yield protect. Rejecting those who are likely to reject you is a more egregious form.

Anonymous wrote:Is "yield protect" different than "demonstrated interest"?

Absolutely. But I think they get conflated because lack of demonstrated interest at some colleges significantly increases the likelihood of rejection, presumably because they don't think a student who didn't show interest in some way is actually serious about attending.