Anonymous
09/13/2025 08:43
Subject: Top 20-ish Colleges by YIELD RATE
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:1) University of Chicago: 88%
2) MIT: 86%
3) US Naval Academy: 85%
4) Harvard: 84%
5) Stanford: 82%
6) Princeton: 76%
7-8) Yale: 70% (tie)
7-8) UPenn: 70% (tie)
9-10) Dartmouth: 69% (tie)
9-10) Barnard: 69% (tie)
11) Brown: 65%
12-13) Cornell: 64% (tie)
12-13) Columbia: 64% (tie)
14) University of Notre Dame: 62%
15-16) Caltech: 61% (tie)
15-16) Vanderbilt: 61% (tie)
17) Duke: 59%
18) Northwestern: 56%
19) NYU: 55%
20-21) Bowdoin: 54% (tie)
20-21) Northeastern (tie)
U Chicago should not be on this list as almost all are admitted binding ED (ED 0, ED 1, or ED 2). Yield, therefore, is a non-issue beyond the fact that it is not closer to 100%.
“Almost everyone who goes to this school commits to attend before being admitted” means that’s it’s the #1 choice of a shitload of kids, pal.
The choice counts, the choice is significant because it’s being made BEFORE they even know if they are admitted.
Applicants are literally saying yes BEFORE they submit their application.
As they say in economics, REVEALED PREFERENCE.
Put another way way, Chicago is full of kids who don’t have the confidence they could get into an Ivy
Or they think it's not worth and not too meaningful compared to better chance at UChicago.
Or they visited Chicago and decided they loved it.
Anonymous
09/13/2025 07:28
Subject: Top 20-ish Colleges by YIELD RATE
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:1) University of Chicago: 88%
2) MIT: 86%
3) US Naval Academy: 85%
4) Harvard: 84%
5) Stanford: 82%
6) Princeton: 76%
7-8) Yale: 70% (tie)
7-8) UPenn: 70% (tie)
9-10) Dartmouth: 69% (tie)
9-10) Barnard: 69% (tie)
11) Brown: 65%
12-13) Cornell: 64% (tie)
12-13) Columbia: 64% (tie)
14) University of Notre Dame: 62%
15-16) Caltech: 61% (tie)
15-16) Vanderbilt: 61% (tie)
17) Duke: 59%
18) Northwestern: 56%
19) NYU: 55%
20-21) Bowdoin: 54% (tie)
20-21) Northeastern (tie)
U Chicago should not be on this list as almost all are admitted binding ED (ED 0, ED 1, or ED 2). Yield, therefore, is a non-issue beyond the fact that it is not closer to 100%.
“Almost everyone who goes to this school commits to attend before being admitted” means that’s it’s the #1 choice of a shitload of kids, pal.
The choice counts, the choice is significant because it’s being made BEFORE they even know if they are admitted.
Applicants are literally saying yes BEFORE they submit their application.
As they say in economics, REVEALED PREFERENCE.
Put another way way, Chicago is full of kids who don’t have the confidence they could get into an Ivy
Or they think it's not worth and not too meaningful compared to better chance at UChicago.
Anonymous
09/13/2025 07:21
Subject: Top 20-ish Colleges by YIELD RATE
Anonymous wrote:Only non-ED yield rates count. I hope it’s not too hard to comprehend.
ED is a part of the whole process and the system. People ED for reasons.
Anonymous
09/12/2025 17:28
Subject: Top 20-ish Colleges by YIELD RATE
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:wow, none of the WASP LACs are here even with ED? but I thought they were the only ones that mattered?
WASPs don't take many kids ED. So kids without hooks apply RD, and most of them will have multiple options.
ED accept rates:
Williams: 26.6%
Amherst: 27.1%
Swarthmore: 18%
Pomona: 12.98% (2028)
Anonymous
09/12/2025 17:24
Subject: Top 20-ish Colleges by YIELD RATE
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:wow, none of the WASP LACs are here even with ED? but I thought they were the only ones that mattered?
WASPs don't take many kids ED. So kids without hooks apply RD, and most of them will have multiple options.
Williams took 46% of their class ED (just one round), Amherst 45% (ED), Swarthmore 52% (ED1+2), and Pomona 51% (ED1+2). That's pretty substantial.
But lower than Barnard (61%) and Bowdoin (53%).
Anonymous
09/12/2025 16:57
Subject: Top 20-ish Colleges by YIELD RATE
The truly most desirable schools are HYPSM, which shouldn’t be surprising at all.