Anonymous
03/15/2026 19:41
Subject: Acceptance to more selective schools based on merit at T40-T50 schools
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Got merit at a couple of T40-T50 schools, DC is trying to figure out how much that usually carries over to more selective schools. For people who’ve been through this, does getting merit in that range usually mean you’ve got a real shot higher up (T15-T30?) too, or is it not that predictive? Just curious what others have seen from actual results. Didn't apply to USC EA.
How is that relevant?
Many believe USC EA merit is a good indicator of T20 acceptance.
Anonymous
03/14/2026 17:38
Subject: Acceptance to more selective schools based on merit at T40-T50 schools
Anonymous wrote:Got merit at a couple of T40-T50 schools, DC is trying to figure out how much that usually carries over to more selective schools. For people who’ve been through this, does getting merit in that range usually mean you’ve got a real shot higher up (T15-T30?) too, or is it not that predictive? Just curious what others have seen from actual results. Didn't apply to USC EA.
How is that relevant?
Anonymous
03/11/2026 09:54
Subject: Acceptance to more selective schools based on merit at T40-T50 schools
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:A good dataset would be to see what percentage of the people worried about this post back here in three weeks with their outcomes. And what the majors were and what the schools were.
No need.
The yield rates at these merit schools tell you a vast majority of merit admits go somewhere else. More likely than not, they got admitted into a higher up.
That's not what this post anecdotally seems to be saying, is it?
What do you choose to believe? Yield rates for T50 schools are 15-20%. Where would the 80-85% go?
Some of them go to flagships like UMD.
Anonymous
03/09/2026 22:53
Subject: Acceptance to more selective schools based on merit at T40-T50 schools
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:A good dataset would be to see what percentage of the people worried about this post back here in three weeks with their outcomes. And what the majors were and what the schools were.
No need.
The yield rates at these merit schools tell you a vast majority of merit admits go somewhere else. More likely than not, they got admitted into a higher up.
That's not what this post anecdotally seems to be saying, is it?
What do you choose to believe? Yield rates for T50 schools are 15-20%. Where would the 80-85% go?