Anonymous
Post 10/25/2025 10:04     Subject: Top 20-ish Colleges by YIELD RATE
Between their summer ED 0 admission cycle, their ED I, ED II, and completely hiding their early decision stats, I think that is a big negative for the college. I understand not all colleges put out all information, but you have to wonder what they are hiding if they reveal nothing while 99% of other schools reveal the same information. Dartmouth doesn't show its SAT scores which I can't believe, but then I looked and looked. It really is a big game to these colleges.
Anonymous
Post 10/25/2025 10:01     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.


Why? Because you said so?

If someone is applying ED, that’s a pretty strong signal they actually want to go to the school.

It’s the strongest signal possible.
Anonymous
Post 10/25/2025 09:57     Subject: Top 20-ish Colleges by YIELD RATE
I had a ton of respect for U Chicago when their acceptance rate was something like 60%. The kids I knew who went there back then were very bright, academically focused and went to U Chicago because it was U Chicago, and usually weren’t interested in the Ivies. I wish U Chicago had remained content with its former niche and not participated in these games.
Anonymous
Post 10/25/2025 09:56     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)


This is the real "top 20".

Yield determines quality?


Not quality per se, but it is definitely a window into how desirable a college is.

Same could be said for the number of applications a school receives.
Anonymous
Post 10/25/2025 09:47     Subject: Top 20-ish Colleges by YIELD RATE
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)


This is the real "top 20".

Yield determines quality?


Not quality per se, but it is definitely a window into how desirable a college is.
Anonymous
Post 10/25/2025 09:05     Subject: Top 20-ish Colleges by YIELD RATE
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)


Really need to create separate lists, one for schools that having no binding ED admission and one for schools that do have it. Can't compare yields between them.
Anonymous
Post 10/25/2025 08:59     Subject: Top 20-ish Colleges by YIELD RATE
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)


This is the real "top 20".

Yield determines quality?
Anonymous
Post 10/25/2025 08:52     Subject: Top 20-ish Colleges by YIELD RATE
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Only non-ED yield rates count. I hope it’s not too hard to comprehend.


They don't report non-ED yield. I do comprehend that colleges use ED (and some use multiple rounds of ED aggressively) as a lever to increase yield. It's just interesting to see the results.


Agreed. And it's notable that MIT, Naval Academy, Princeton, Stanford all don't have binding ED (just SCEA or EA which are non-binding). Lots of these colleges are aggressively gaming their yield rates to move up in rankings. But informed students and parents are onto them.


Notre Dame doesn't either. Yield is just that high.
Anonymous
Post 10/25/2025 08:47     Subject: Top 20-ish Colleges by YIELD RATE
You have to match up yield rates by how many are admitted early decision. UChicago doesn't report their ED admission numbers like the others.
Anonymous
Post 10/25/2025 08:33     Subject: Top 20-ish Colleges by YIELD RATE
Pick U Chicago over bottom 4 ivies and the rest of the wannabes any day.
Top academic rigor
Gorgeous campus
Best city in the country

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Anonymous
Post 10/25/2025 06:46     Subject: Top 20-ish Colleges by YIELD RATE
Anonymous wrote:Chicago’s marketing office has worked hard (and spent a fortune) to get that yield rate


This has been going on for years. My son with high stats who graduated from college in 23 was being encouraged to apply to Chicago by our private school way back then (2018). Honestly I had never heard of it until then. But the mailings we received from them were gorgeous. We passed.
Anonymous
Post 10/25/2025 01:50     Subject: Top 20-ish Colleges by YIELD RATE
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The snobbery on this thread is unreal. Posters here would say "oh, great school!" to your face when they hear your kid is attending Chicago but "must not be good enough for Ivies!" behind you back.


There are eight Ivies and Chicago is ranked higher than five of them. Now just imagine Chicago parents looking at your Ivy darling and telling everyone they must not be good enough for Chicago.

Do you bash the Sox or the Cubs when they win?


My kid did get into Hopkins and U Chicago and chose a lower ranked Ivy. They are easier admits than the 8 Ivies which is why they have multiple ED rounds. But all of them are great schools.


ah dumb ivy elitism.
Anonymous
Post 10/25/2025 01:03     Subject: Top 20-ish Colleges by YIELD RATE
Chicago’s marketing office has worked hard (and spent a fortune) to get that yield rate
Anonymous
Post 10/25/2025 00:40     Subject: Top 20-ish Colleges by YIELD RATE
Anonymous wrote:Chicago booster, please go away. You are beyond tiresome.


+100

I only know one private where all the kids ED there. It’s not popular at all at my kid’s private.
Anonymous
Post 10/25/2025 00:38     Subject: Top 20-ish Colleges by YIELD RATE
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The snobbery on this thread is unreal. Posters here would say "oh, great school!" to your face when they hear your kid is attending Chicago but "must not be good enough for Ivies!" behind you back.


There are eight Ivies and Chicago is ranked higher than five of them. Now just imagine Chicago parents looking at your Ivy darling and telling everyone they must not be good enough for Chicago.

Do you bash the Sox or the Cubs when they win?


My kid did get into Hopkins and U Chicago and chose a lower ranked Ivy. They are easier admits than the 8 Ivies which is why they have multiple ED rounds. But all of them are great schools.