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By Matthew Keenan
Feb. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Stanford University raised the most money among academic institutions for the third year in a row, aided by a $51 million donation from the estate of a 1927 graduate.
Stanford received $832.4 million, beating Harvard University's $614 million, according to an annual study released today by the New York-based Council for Aid to Education. Contributions to U.S. undergraduate colleges and universities rose 6.3 percent to $29.8 billion in the fiscal year ended June 30, said the survey of 1,023 participants.
Hillsdale College, a Michigan school that refuses government money, led in fundraising by liberal arts institutions. Hillsdale raised $65.8 million, the third-highest amount for an independent liberal arts college.
``A couple of big things happened,'' said Larry Arnn, the 55-year-old president of Hillsdale, which received a $19 million estate settlement, as well as two gifts that helped finance a new student union. ``Without them, we would have had a very good year and, with them, we had a great year.''
Stanford, near Palo Alto, California, gathered the second- highest amount ever by a U.S. university, falling short of the record $911.2 million it raised a year earlier. Stanford has led in garnering funds since fiscal 2005. Harvard, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, was the top-ranked university in fiscal 2004.
`Breadth of Support'
``There's a real breadth of support here,'' said Martin Shell, 50, Stanford's vice president for development, citing more than 70,000 individual donors.
About $100 million came from estates and wills, Shell said. The estate of Dudley Chambers, a member of Stanford's class of 1927, gave an unanticipated gift of $51 million, the university's largest bequest.
Chambers, who died in 2005, a month short of his 100th birthday, mostly gave stock in General Electric Co., where he worked for four decades as an engineer. The gift supports scientific and technological research, faculty support and student aid, Shell said.
Stanford, the third-richest school, is conducting a $4.3 billion fundraising campaign, the biggest by a university. Officially opened in October 2006 and scheduled to close in 2011, the drive has accumulated $3.1 billion in gifts and pledges. The council's survey covers only money collected in the fiscal year, not deferred gifts.
Stanford Student Aid
Stanford today announced that it, like Harvard and Yale University, was eliminating tuition for students coming from families earning less than $100,000, according to a statement. The school also said families earning $60,000 or less wouldn't have to pay any costs at all.
In addition, Stanford eliminated student loans. To pay for the increases, the school has raised its financial aid fundraising goal to $200 million, the statement said.
Harvard, the oldest and richest U.S. college, said its total was $19 million more than in fiscal 2006 and the second- best for the school, trailing only the $658 million raised in fiscal 2001.
Among its grants were $12 million from the Princeton, New Jersey-based Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for health-policy work and scholarships, and $10.6 million for global-health initiatives from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in Seattle. Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates started the foundation in 1994 with about $94 million. It is the world's biggest foundation, with $38.7 billion in an endowment.
Discrimination Barred
Hillsdale, founded in 1844, was the first U.S. college whose charter barred discrimination based on race and religion, according to its Web site. The 1,300-student school, 90 miles west of Detroit, was named one of the ``Top 10 Conservative Colleges'' by the Young America's Foundation, a Herndon, Virginia-based outreach organization promoting what it calls conservative political ideas.
``That's a fair description of us, but that's actually an effect, not a cause,'' Arnn said in an interview. Referring to a curriculum heavy on great-books seminars and classical languages, he said Hillsdale is ``a liberal arts college in a very classical sense.''
Pat Sajak, in his 26th year as the host of television's ``Wheel of Fortune,'' is vice chairman of Hillsdale's board. Among its alumni is Erik Prince, the founder of Blackwater Worldwide, the Moyock, North Carolina-based security firm investigated over the alleged shootings of civilians in Iraq last September.
Hillsdale has never accepted direct government aid, saying the federal government has no constitutional role in education.
Refusing State Aid
In the 1970s, the school opposed the U.S. Education Department's contention that taking money through government- backed student loans made it subject to regulation. By the time the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against Hillsdale in 1984, the college had chosen to stop taking loan money. Last August, Hillsdale turned down aid from the state of Michigan.
The college compensates for its students' lost government aid with privately funded grants and loans.
Hillsdale is nearing the scheduled end of a $400 million capital campaign, one of the largest by a liberal arts school.
Besides the estate settlement, Hillsdale in 2007 received most of a three-year, $15 million gift from William Grewcock, former vice chairman of construction firm Peter Kiewit Sons Inc. in Omaha, Nebraska; and his wife, Berniece. The student union was named for them, and a commons area in the building was named for trustee Robert Richardson, who gave $3 million.
Colgate, Middlebury
Colgate University, in Hamilton, New York, raised $65.2 million, the second-most by a liberal arts school last year. Wellesley College, the women's school outside Boston, received $64.2 million; Middlebury College, in Vermont, $58.6 million; and Skidmore College, in Saratoga Springs, New York, $56.8 million.
Hillsdale's total trailed only the liberal arts record of $131 million raised by Furman University, in Greenville, South Carolina, in 2004 and Wellesley's $88 million in 2005, said Ann Kaplan, survey director for the Council for Aid to Education.
Among research institutions last year, the University of Southern California, in Los Angeles, followed Stanford and Harvard by raising $469.7 million. Johns Hopkins University, in Baltimore, obtained $430.5 million, while Columbia University, in New York, raised $423.9 million.
To contact the reporter on this story: Matthew Keenan in Boston at mkeenan6@bloomberg.net Last Updated: February 20, 2008 11:07 EST
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Even Harvard Grads Feel the Job Squeeze
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In these inauspicious times, it will surprise no one that college-age folk—law students or summer job seekers alike—are having a tough time finding jobs, and according to a vaguely scientific Harvard Crimson survey, even those in the cushy Ivy League aren't immune. Around 66 percent of workforce-bound Harvard seniors reported having a job lined up, compared with 73 percent in a similar survey last year, prompting this question: If even Harvard grads can't find jobs, what do we mere mortals have to hope for?
Another unsurprising stat: Harvard graduates are less interested in consulting and financial sector jobs (39 percent are pursuing those careers, down from 47 percent last year) and are instead opting for work in the arts, health services, media, and public service.
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June 23, 2008 02:27 PM ET Alison Go Permanent Link
In these inauspicious times, it will surprise no one that college-age folk—law students or summer job seekers alike—are having a tough time finding jobs, and according to a vaguely scientific Harvard Crimson survey, even those in the cushy Ivy League aren't immune. Around 66 percent of workforce-bound Harvard seniors reported having a job lined up, compared with 73 percent in a similar survey last year, prompting this question: If even Harvard grads can't find jobs, what do we mere mortals have to hope for?
Another unsurprising stat: Harvard graduates are less interested in consulting and financial sector jobs (39 percent are pursuing those careers, down from 47 percent last year) and are instead opting for work in the arts, health services, media, and public service.
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Sunday, June 15, 2008
'To move forward, you have to give something back,' Oprah tells Stanford graduates
Stanford Report, June 15, 2008
BY ADAM GORLICK
She came to dispense words of advice, encouragement and congratulations. But Oprah Winfrey's address at Stanford's 117th Commencement wouldn't have been complete without her giving away something more.
There were no car keys or envelopes of cash awaiting the 4,666 graduates who poured into Stanford Stadium doing the struts and stunts of the Wacky Walk, Stanford's unorthodox version of the traditional graduation procession. Instead, they found two ribbon-wrapped books—Eckhart Tolle's A New Earth and Daniel Pink's A Whole New Mind—on their seats, gifts from Winfrey that she also highlighted in her speech about feelings, failure and finding happiness.
"I really wanted to give you cars," said the television host, magazine publisher and philanthropist, who was greeted by the graduates with cheers, high-fives and whoops of "Oprah, I love you!"
During her 30-minute address, which started with a special nod to her graduating goddaughter, Kirby Bumpus, Winfrey drew on lessons learned from a career that began in 1976, when she co-anchored a television newscast.
"It didn't feel right," she said of the $22,000 job that her father encouraged her to stick with. She did not like covering tragedies. She did not like being told to change her look. And she was not about to listen to her boss and change her name to "Suzie."
After eight months of being an awkward fit, the station she worked for made her a talk show host.
As soon as she started the new job, "I felt like I came home," she said.
"When you're doing the work you were meant to do, it feels right," she said "And every day is a bonus, regardless of what you're getting paid."
Money is nice, she told the crowd of about 25,000, but without being able to put it to good use, there is not much point.
"I like money," said Winfrey, who has been ranked five times by Forbes magazine as the world's most powerful celebrity. "It's good for buying things. What you want is money with meaning. Meaning is what brings real richness to your life."
And she cautioned that even the richest lives are not without pitfalls.
Shortly after the January 2007 opening of Oprah Winfrey's Leadership Academy for Girls, the $40 million school she had built in South Africa, one of its employees was charged with sexually abusing students.
Winfrey said she was devastated by the charges, but immediately began an investigation and made sure the students received counseling. Rather than let the scandal overtake her and simply react to a bad situation, she said she learned from it.
"I had been paying attention to all of the wrong things," she said, recounting how she was perhaps more focused on the construction of the building than the people working there. "I built that school from the outside in, when what really mattered was the inside out."
Drawing on the university's founding by Leland and Jane Stanford in memory of their son, who died of typhoid fever, as an example of overcoming tragedy, Winfrey told the graduates that "in order to move forward, you have to give something back."
Helping others—even when times are tough for the benefactor—allows people to join what Winfrey called "the greatest fellowship of all: the sorority of compassion and the fraternity of service."
Brittany Clark, a graduate who plans to start a foundation to help people pay for a college education, said Winfrey's speech was "amazingly inspirational."
"She gives me hope that I could accomplish my goals to help others," Clark said.
But Commencement wasn't all about lofty goals and philanthropy. The ceremony began with what is perhaps Stanford's most famous nontraditional tradition—the Wacky Walk. Before being seated, the graduates burst onto the stadium field with Frisbees, beach balls and Chinese parade dragons. Some were outfitted in togas, costumed as bowling pins or posing as a Marguerite campus shuttle bus. Plenty of them paid tribute to their Commencement speaker by holding up larger-than-life pictures of Winfrey's face and riffing on some Oprah's Book Club selections with mock advertisements for titles like How to Get Your Stanford Degree in Just Four Years for Under $500,000.
Others took advantage of the half hour to simply relax.
"This is our last chance to lay out and tan at Stanford, which was an integral part of our undergraduate education," said Kate Ludwig, who shed her graduation gown in favor of a bikini and spread out on one of the beach blankets she and a friend unrolled on the field.
On Sunday, 1,702 bachelor's degrees were conferred, along with 2,017 master's degrees and 947 doctoral degrees. Departmental honors were awarded to 340 undergraduates; 268 graduated with university distinction; 90 graduated with multiple majors; 407 completed minors; 49 graduated with dual bachelor's degrees; and 134 graduated with combined bachelor's and master's degrees.
Among international students, there were 83 undergraduates from 37 different countries and 940 graduate students from 76 different countries, according to the Office of the Registrar.
"You have worked hard to earn this degree and accomplished much during your time here, and you certainly deserve this day of celebration," President John Hennessey said. "But at Stanford, we believe the rights and privileges of an education also bring a responsibility to make good use of your knowledge, to change the world for the better and to help ensure that succeeding generations have the same opportunities you have had here at Stanford."
For parents, the day was mixed with pride and excitement.
Salvatore and Anna Bonaccorso of Brooklyn, N.Y., made sure they were at the stadium early to get seats in the front row of the stands. Their son, Salvatore, was graduating with bachelor's and master's degrees.
"It was his dream to come here," Anna Bonaccorso said. "We want him to keep living his dream. But he could probably use a little rest right now."
BY ADAM GORLICK
She came to dispense words of advice, encouragement and congratulations. But Oprah Winfrey's address at Stanford's 117th Commencement wouldn't have been complete without her giving away something more.
There were no car keys or envelopes of cash awaiting the 4,666 graduates who poured into Stanford Stadium doing the struts and stunts of the Wacky Walk, Stanford's unorthodox version of the traditional graduation procession. Instead, they found two ribbon-wrapped books—Eckhart Tolle's A New Earth and Daniel Pink's A Whole New Mind—on their seats, gifts from Winfrey that she also highlighted in her speech about feelings, failure and finding happiness.
"I really wanted to give you cars," said the television host, magazine publisher and philanthropist, who was greeted by the graduates with cheers, high-fives and whoops of "Oprah, I love you!"
During her 30-minute address, which started with a special nod to her graduating goddaughter, Kirby Bumpus, Winfrey drew on lessons learned from a career that began in 1976, when she co-anchored a television newscast.
"It didn't feel right," she said of the $22,000 job that her father encouraged her to stick with. She did not like covering tragedies. She did not like being told to change her look. And she was not about to listen to her boss and change her name to "Suzie."
After eight months of being an awkward fit, the station she worked for made her a talk show host.
As soon as she started the new job, "I felt like I came home," she said.
"When you're doing the work you were meant to do, it feels right," she said "And every day is a bonus, regardless of what you're getting paid."
Money is nice, she told the crowd of about 25,000, but without being able to put it to good use, there is not much point.
"I like money," said Winfrey, who has been ranked five times by Forbes magazine as the world's most powerful celebrity. "It's good for buying things. What you want is money with meaning. Meaning is what brings real richness to your life."
And she cautioned that even the richest lives are not without pitfalls.
Shortly after the January 2007 opening of Oprah Winfrey's Leadership Academy for Girls, the $40 million school she had built in South Africa, one of its employees was charged with sexually abusing students.
Winfrey said she was devastated by the charges, but immediately began an investigation and made sure the students received counseling. Rather than let the scandal overtake her and simply react to a bad situation, she said she learned from it.
"I had been paying attention to all of the wrong things," she said, recounting how she was perhaps more focused on the construction of the building than the people working there. "I built that school from the outside in, when what really mattered was the inside out."
Drawing on the university's founding by Leland and Jane Stanford in memory of their son, who died of typhoid fever, as an example of overcoming tragedy, Winfrey told the graduates that "in order to move forward, you have to give something back."
Helping others—even when times are tough for the benefactor—allows people to join what Winfrey called "the greatest fellowship of all: the sorority of compassion and the fraternity of service."
Brittany Clark, a graduate who plans to start a foundation to help people pay for a college education, said Winfrey's speech was "amazingly inspirational."
"She gives me hope that I could accomplish my goals to help others," Clark said.
But Commencement wasn't all about lofty goals and philanthropy. The ceremony began with what is perhaps Stanford's most famous nontraditional tradition—the Wacky Walk. Before being seated, the graduates burst onto the stadium field with Frisbees, beach balls and Chinese parade dragons. Some were outfitted in togas, costumed as bowling pins or posing as a Marguerite campus shuttle bus. Plenty of them paid tribute to their Commencement speaker by holding up larger-than-life pictures of Winfrey's face and riffing on some Oprah's Book Club selections with mock advertisements for titles like How to Get Your Stanford Degree in Just Four Years for Under $500,000.
Others took advantage of the half hour to simply relax.
"This is our last chance to lay out and tan at Stanford, which was an integral part of our undergraduate education," said Kate Ludwig, who shed her graduation gown in favor of a bikini and spread out on one of the beach blankets she and a friend unrolled on the field.
On Sunday, 1,702 bachelor's degrees were conferred, along with 2,017 master's degrees and 947 doctoral degrees. Departmental honors were awarded to 340 undergraduates; 268 graduated with university distinction; 90 graduated with multiple majors; 407 completed minors; 49 graduated with dual bachelor's degrees; and 134 graduated with combined bachelor's and master's degrees.
Among international students, there were 83 undergraduates from 37 different countries and 940 graduate students from 76 different countries, according to the Office of the Registrar.
"You have worked hard to earn this degree and accomplished much during your time here, and you certainly deserve this day of celebration," President John Hennessey said. "But at Stanford, we believe the rights and privileges of an education also bring a responsibility to make good use of your knowledge, to change the world for the better and to help ensure that succeeding generations have the same opportunities you have had here at Stanford."
For parents, the day was mixed with pride and excitement.
Salvatore and Anna Bonaccorso of Brooklyn, N.Y., made sure they were at the stadium early to get seats in the front row of the stands. Their son, Salvatore, was graduating with bachelor's and master's degrees.
"It was his dream to come here," Anna Bonaccorso said. "We want him to keep living his dream. But he could probably use a little rest right now."
Schools offer early action admissions
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Following is a list of schools that offer early action admissions. Their acceptance rates and deadlines have been included when available.
Harvard, Princeton and University of Virginia do not offer early action admissions anymore.
School Acceptance rate Deadline
Adelphi University (NY) 80% 12/1
Albertson College (ID) N/A 11/15
Albion College (MI) 75% 12/1
Alma College (MI) 83% 11/1
Antioch College (OH) N/A 11/15
Arizona State University * N/A 11/1
Asbury College (KY) N/A N/A
Auburn University (AL)* N/A 11/1
Aurora University (IL) N/A N/A
Austin College (TX) 80% 1/15
Azusa Pacific University (CA) N/A 12/1
Babson College (MA) 50% 11/15
Baptist College of Florida 54% 7/1
Bard College (NY) 76% 11/1
Bay Path College (MA) 49% 12/1
Bellarmine University (KY) 90% 11/1
Beloit College (WI) 93% 12/15
Bentley College (MA) N/A 12/1
Bethel College (MN) 80% 12/1
Birmingham-Southern College (AL) N/A 12/1
Bloomfield College (NJ) 64% 1/7
Boston College 40% 11/1
Bridgewater State College (MA)* 53% 11/15
Bryant College (RI) 78% 11/15
Butler University (IN) 85% 12/1
Caldwell College (NJ) 83% 1/1
California Baptist University 34% 12/12
California Institute of Technology 28% 11/1
California State U.–Sacramento * N/A 11/30
Capital University (OH) 96% 9/22
Carlow College (PA) 42% 9/30
Carthage College (WI) 89% 7/15
Case Western Reserve Univ. (OH) N/A 11/15
Centenary College of Louisiana N/A 1/15
Centre College (KY) 87% 12/1
Chapman University (CA) N/A 11/30
Christendom College (VA) 85% 12/1
Christian Brothers University (TN) N/A 12/1
Christopher Newport Univ. (VA)* 10% 12/1
Claflin University (SC) N/A 11/1
Clark Atlanta University N/A 11/1
Cleary University (MI) 100% 5/1
Clemson University (SC)* N/A 12/1
Coe College (IA) 85% 12/10
Coker College (SC) N/A N/A
Colby-Sawyer College (NH) N/A 12/15
College of Charleston (SC)* 65% 11/15
College of St. Benedict (MN) 86% 12/1
Colorado College 68% 11/15
Columbia College–Hollywood N/A N/A
Converse College (SC) N/A 12/1
CUNY–New York City College of Technology * N/A 5/1
Daemen College (NY) 74% 8/30
David Lipscomb University (TN) 65% 11/15
DePaul University (IL) N/A 12/15
DePauw University (IN) 62% 12/1
Dickinson College (PA) 52% 12/15
Dillard University (LA) N/A 12/1
Duquesne University (PA) 83% 12/1
Earlham College (IN) 75% 1/1
Eastern Connecticut State Univ. * N/A 11/15
Eastern Oregon University * N/A 12/1
Elon University (NC) N/A 11/10
Emerson College (MA) 53% 11/1
Fashion Inst. of Technology (NY)* N/A 11/15
Fayetteville State University (NC)* N/A N/A
Florida A&M University * N/A 2/1
Fordham University (NY) N/A 11/1
Fort Hays State University (KS)* N/A N/A
Framingham State College (MA)* 83% 11/15
Franklin College Switzerland 92% 12/1
Georgetown University (DC) 21% 11/1
Georgian Court University (NJ) N/A 11/15
Gonzaga University (WA) 89% 11/15
Goshen College (IN) N/A 12/15
Goucher College (MD) 82% 12/1
Greensboro College (NC) N/A 12/15
Guilford College (NC) 75% 1/15
Hamline University (MN) N/A 12/1
Hampden-Sydney College (VA) N/A 1/15
Hampshire College (MA) 71% 12/15
Hampton University (VA) N/A 12/1
Hanover College (IN) 81% 12/1
Hartwick College (NY) 96% 1/1
Hofstra University (NY) N/A 11/15
Hood College (MD) N/A 12/1
Howard University (DC) 32% 11/1
Husson College (ME) 100% 12/15
Immaculata University (PA) N/A N/A
Iona College (NY) 92% 12/1
James Madison University (VA)* N/A 11/1
Johnson State College (VT)* 95% 12/5
John Wesley College 67% N/A
Kalamazoo College (MI) 81% 12/1
Keuka College (NY) N/A 11/1
Knox College (IL) 90% 12/1
Lake Forest College (IL) 78% 12/1
Lander University (SC)* N/A N/A
Langston University (OK)* N/A 4/30
Lawrence University (WI) 81% 12/1
Lenoir-Rhyne College (NC) N/A 9/1
Lewis and Clark College (OR) 77% 11/15
Lewis-Clark State College (ID)* N/A N/A
Linfield College (OR) 96% 11/15
Long Island U.–Southampton Col. (NY) 61% 12/1
Longwood University (VA)* 80% 12/1
Lyndon State College (VT)* 100% 11/2
Marist College (NY) 70% 12/1
Marlboro College (VT) N/A 1/15
Marymount College–Tarrytown (NY) 100% 10/31
Maryville College (TN) 24% 9/15
Massachusetts Col. of Liberal Arts * N/A 12/1
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology 15% 11/1
Massachusetts Maritime Academy * 100% 11/1
Master's Col. and Seminary (CA) 86% 11/17
McDaniel College (MD) 58% 12/1
Medcenter One College of Nursing N/A N/A
Mercer University (GA) 95% 11/1
Merrimack College (MA) 82% 11/30
Messiah College (PA) 83% 11/15
Midwestern State University (TX)* N/A N/A
Millsaps College (MS) 93% 12/1
Mills College (CA) 76% 11/15
Molloy College (NY) 37% 12/1
Monmouth University (NJ) 65% 12/15
Morgan State University (MD)* N/A N/A
Mount Ida College (MA) N/A 11/4
Mount St. Mary's College (CA) N/A 12/1
Mount St. Mary's University (MD) N/A 12/1
Myers University (OH) N/A 4/1
National-Louis University (IL) N/A N/A
Nazareth College of Rochester (NY) N/A 12/15
New Jersey Inst. of Technology * N/A 12/1
Niagara University (NY) N/A 12/15
North Carolina State U.–Raleigh * 51% 11/1
Northwest College (WA) 76% 11/15
Northwest Nazarene University (ID) N/A 12/1
Notre Dame de Namur University (CA) 74% 12/1
Oakland University (MI)* N/A N/A
Oakwood College (AL) N/A 3/30
Oglethorpe University (GA) N/A 12/30
Ohio Wesleyan University 92% 12/15
Old Dominion University (VA)* 53% 12/15
Olivet Nazarene University (IL) N/A 12/20
Oral Roberts University (OK) N/A 9/1
Oregon State University * 49% 11/1
Pace University (NY) 96% 11/1
Pacific Northwest Col. of Art (OR) N/A 12/1
Palm Beach Atlantic University (FL) 74% 12/1
Pepperdine University (CA) 20% 11/15
Pitzer College (CA) 28% 12/1
Point Loma Nazarene University (CA) 50% 12/1
Pratt Institute (NY) 17% 2/1
Presbyterian College (SC) 90% 12/5
Providence College (RI) 66% 11/1
Ramapo College of New Jersey * N/A 8/1
Rhode Island School of Design 48% 12/15
Rice University (TX) 28% 12/1
Richard Stockton Col. of N.J. * N/A 2/1
Rider University (NJ) 90% 11/15
Roanoke College (VA) 63% 10/1
Salve Regina University (RI) 71% 11/15
San Diego State University * N/A 11/30
Santa Clara University (CA) 75% 11/15
Seattle Pacific University 94% 12/1
Shepherd University (WV)* N/A 11/15
Shippensburg U. of Pennsylvania * N/A N/A
Siena College (NY) 82% 12/1
Siena Heights University (MI) N/A N/A
Simmons College (MA) 68% 12/1
Southern California Institute of Architecture N/A 2/1
Southern Methodist University (TX) N/A 11/1
Southern New Hampshire University N/A 11/15
Southern Utah University * N/A N/A
Southwest Baptist University (MO) 99% 9/7
Spelman College (GA) N/A 11/15
Stanford University (CA) N/A 11/1
Stephen F. Austin State Univ. (TX)* N/A 9/2
Sterling College (KS) 100% 11/15
Stillman College (AL) N/A 5/1
St. John's University (MN) 84% 12/1
St. Joseph College (CT) N/A 11/15
St. Joseph's College (ME) N/A 11/15
St. Mary's College of California 72% 11/30
St. Michael's College (VT) 80% 12/15
St. Olaf College (MN) 83% 12/15
St. Peter's College (NJ) N/A 12/15
St. Thomas Aquinas College (NY) 82% 11/15
Suffolk University (MA) 40% 11/15
SUNY–Albany * N/A 12/1
SUNY–Binghamton * N/A 11/15
SUNY Col. Arts & Sci.–New Paltz * 53% 11/15
SUNY College–Oneonta * N/A 11/15
SUNY–Stony Brook * N/A 11/15
SUNY–Upstate Medical University * 55% 4/1
Tarleton State University (TX)* N/A 12/1
Taylor University (IN) 73% 11/1
Texas A&M Univ.–College Station * N/A 12/1
Texas Christian University N/A 11/15
Texas Woman's University * N/A 2/1
The American University–Cairo 29% 2/28
Thiel College (PA) N/A 12/15
Thomas College (ME) 100% 12/15
Transylvania University (KY) 79% 12/1
Trinity College (DC) 70% 12/1
Trinity University (TX) 72% 12/15
Truman State University (MO)* 63% 11/15
Tulane University (LA) 82% 11/1
Union University (TN) N/A 12/1
United States Coast Guard Acad. (CT)* 27% 11/1
United States Military Academy (NY)* N/A 11/15
United States Naval Academy (MD)* N/A N/A
University of Advancing Technology N/A N/A
University of Akron (OH)* 7% 10/1
University of Alberta * N/A N/A
University of Arkansas * 91% 11/15
Univ. of California–Riverside * N/A 7/31
University of Chicago 43% 11/1
University of Connecticut * 70% 12/1
University of Dallas N/A 12/1
University of Denver 82% 11/15
University of Evansville (IN) 82% 12/1
University of Georgia * 86% 11/1
University of Hartford (CT) 71% 11/15
University of Maine–Farmington * N/A 12/15
University of Maine–Machias * N/A 12/15
Univ. of Maine–Presque Isle * N/A 10/31
U. of Maryland–Baltimore County * 35% 11/1
Univ. of Maryland–College Park * 47% 12/1
Univ. of Maryland–Eastern Shore * N/A 11/15
University of Miami (FL) N/A 11/15
University of Mobile (AL) N/A 11/1
University of Montana–Western * N/A N/A
University of Nevada–Reno * 93% 11/15
University of New Hampshire * 63% 12/1
U. of North Carolina–Chapel Hill * 47% 11/1
U. of North Carolina–Charlotte * 44% 10/15
U. of North Carolina–Wilmington * 47% 11/1
University of North Florida * 100% 11/15
University of Notre Dame (IN) 50% 11/1
University of Puerto Rico–Bayamon University Coll * 100% 2/28
University of Rhode Island * N/A 12/15
University of San Diego 50% 11/15
University of San Francisco 72% 11/15
University of Saskatchewan * N/A 5/15
University of Scranton (PA) 90% 11/15
University of Tennessee * 92% 11/1
University of Texas–El Paso * N/A N/A
University of Texas–Pan American * N/A N/A
University of the Pacific (CA) N/A 12/1
University of Vermont * 85% 11/1
Ursuline College (OH) 69% 11/15
Valparaiso University (IN) 87% 11/1
Villanova University (PA) 48% 11/1
Wabash College (IN) N/A 12/15
Wartburg College (IA) 75% 12/1
Washington and Jefferson Col. (PA) 41% 1/15
Washington College (MD) N/A 12/1
Webber International University (FL) N/A 12/30
Wells College (NY) 89% 12/15
Wesleyan College (GA) N/A 2/1
Westminster College (PA) N/A 11/15
Westmont College (CA) 90% 11/1
Wheaton College (IL) N/A 11/1
Whittier College (CA) 49% 12/1
Whitworth College (WA) 88% 11/30
Widener University (PA) N/A 12/1
Willamette University (OR) 94% 12/1
William Jewell College (MO) N/A 11/15
William Paterson Univ. of N.J. * 63% 3/10
Winona State University (MN)* N/A N/A
Wittenberg University (OH) 93% 12/1
Worcester Polytechnic Inst. (MA) 91% 11/15
Xavier University (OH) N/A 12/1
Xavier University of Louisiana N/A 1/15
Yale University (CT) N/A 11/1
Youngstown State University (OH)* 80% 2/15
Following is a list of schools that offer early action admissions. Their acceptance rates and deadlines have been included when available.
Harvard, Princeton and University of Virginia do not offer early action admissions anymore.
School Acceptance rate Deadline
Adelphi University (NY) 80% 12/1
Albertson College (ID) N/A 11/15
Albion College (MI) 75% 12/1
Alma College (MI) 83% 11/1
Antioch College (OH) N/A 11/15
Arizona State University * N/A 11/1
Asbury College (KY) N/A N/A
Auburn University (AL)* N/A 11/1
Aurora University (IL) N/A N/A
Austin College (TX) 80% 1/15
Azusa Pacific University (CA) N/A 12/1
Babson College (MA) 50% 11/15
Baptist College of Florida 54% 7/1
Bard College (NY) 76% 11/1
Bay Path College (MA) 49% 12/1
Bellarmine University (KY) 90% 11/1
Beloit College (WI) 93% 12/15
Bentley College (MA) N/A 12/1
Bethel College (MN) 80% 12/1
Birmingham-Southern College (AL) N/A 12/1
Bloomfield College (NJ) 64% 1/7
Boston College 40% 11/1
Bridgewater State College (MA)* 53% 11/15
Bryant College (RI) 78% 11/15
Butler University (IN) 85% 12/1
Caldwell College (NJ) 83% 1/1
California Baptist University 34% 12/12
California Institute of Technology 28% 11/1
California State U.–Sacramento * N/A 11/30
Capital University (OH) 96% 9/22
Carlow College (PA) 42% 9/30
Carthage College (WI) 89% 7/15
Case Western Reserve Univ. (OH) N/A 11/15
Centenary College of Louisiana N/A 1/15
Centre College (KY) 87% 12/1
Chapman University (CA) N/A 11/30
Christendom College (VA) 85% 12/1
Christian Brothers University (TN) N/A 12/1
Christopher Newport Univ. (VA)* 10% 12/1
Claflin University (SC) N/A 11/1
Clark Atlanta University N/A 11/1
Cleary University (MI) 100% 5/1
Clemson University (SC)* N/A 12/1
Coe College (IA) 85% 12/10
Coker College (SC) N/A N/A
Colby-Sawyer College (NH) N/A 12/15
College of Charleston (SC)* 65% 11/15
College of St. Benedict (MN) 86% 12/1
Colorado College 68% 11/15
Columbia College–Hollywood N/A N/A
Converse College (SC) N/A 12/1
CUNY–New York City College of Technology * N/A 5/1
Daemen College (NY) 74% 8/30
David Lipscomb University (TN) 65% 11/15
DePaul University (IL) N/A 12/15
DePauw University (IN) 62% 12/1
Dickinson College (PA) 52% 12/15
Dillard University (LA) N/A 12/1
Duquesne University (PA) 83% 12/1
Earlham College (IN) 75% 1/1
Eastern Connecticut State Univ. * N/A 11/15
Eastern Oregon University * N/A 12/1
Elon University (NC) N/A 11/10
Emerson College (MA) 53% 11/1
Fashion Inst. of Technology (NY)* N/A 11/15
Fayetteville State University (NC)* N/A N/A
Florida A&M University * N/A 2/1
Fordham University (NY) N/A 11/1
Fort Hays State University (KS)* N/A N/A
Framingham State College (MA)* 83% 11/15
Franklin College Switzerland 92% 12/1
Georgetown University (DC) 21% 11/1
Georgian Court University (NJ) N/A 11/15
Gonzaga University (WA) 89% 11/15
Goshen College (IN) N/A 12/15
Goucher College (MD) 82% 12/1
Greensboro College (NC) N/A 12/15
Guilford College (NC) 75% 1/15
Hamline University (MN) N/A 12/1
Hampden-Sydney College (VA) N/A 1/15
Hampshire College (MA) 71% 12/15
Hampton University (VA) N/A 12/1
Hanover College (IN) 81% 12/1
Hartwick College (NY) 96% 1/1
Hofstra University (NY) N/A 11/15
Hood College (MD) N/A 12/1
Howard University (DC) 32% 11/1
Husson College (ME) 100% 12/15
Immaculata University (PA) N/A N/A
Iona College (NY) 92% 12/1
James Madison University (VA)* N/A 11/1
Johnson State College (VT)* 95% 12/5
John Wesley College 67% N/A
Kalamazoo College (MI) 81% 12/1
Keuka College (NY) N/A 11/1
Knox College (IL) 90% 12/1
Lake Forest College (IL) 78% 12/1
Lander University (SC)* N/A N/A
Langston University (OK)* N/A 4/30
Lawrence University (WI) 81% 12/1
Lenoir-Rhyne College (NC) N/A 9/1
Lewis and Clark College (OR) 77% 11/15
Lewis-Clark State College (ID)* N/A N/A
Linfield College (OR) 96% 11/15
Long Island U.–Southampton Col. (NY) 61% 12/1
Longwood University (VA)* 80% 12/1
Lyndon State College (VT)* 100% 11/2
Marist College (NY) 70% 12/1
Marlboro College (VT) N/A 1/15
Marymount College–Tarrytown (NY) 100% 10/31
Maryville College (TN) 24% 9/15
Massachusetts Col. of Liberal Arts * N/A 12/1
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology 15% 11/1
Massachusetts Maritime Academy * 100% 11/1
Master's Col. and Seminary (CA) 86% 11/17
McDaniel College (MD) 58% 12/1
Medcenter One College of Nursing N/A N/A
Mercer University (GA) 95% 11/1
Merrimack College (MA) 82% 11/30
Messiah College (PA) 83% 11/15
Midwestern State University (TX)* N/A N/A
Millsaps College (MS) 93% 12/1
Mills College (CA) 76% 11/15
Molloy College (NY) 37% 12/1
Monmouth University (NJ) 65% 12/15
Morgan State University (MD)* N/A N/A
Mount Ida College (MA) N/A 11/4
Mount St. Mary's College (CA) N/A 12/1
Mount St. Mary's University (MD) N/A 12/1
Myers University (OH) N/A 4/1
National-Louis University (IL) N/A N/A
Nazareth College of Rochester (NY) N/A 12/15
New Jersey Inst. of Technology * N/A 12/1
Niagara University (NY) N/A 12/15
North Carolina State U.–Raleigh * 51% 11/1
Northwest College (WA) 76% 11/15
Northwest Nazarene University (ID) N/A 12/1
Notre Dame de Namur University (CA) 74% 12/1
Oakland University (MI)* N/A N/A
Oakwood College (AL) N/A 3/30
Oglethorpe University (GA) N/A 12/30
Ohio Wesleyan University 92% 12/15
Old Dominion University (VA)* 53% 12/15
Olivet Nazarene University (IL) N/A 12/20
Oral Roberts University (OK) N/A 9/1
Oregon State University * 49% 11/1
Pace University (NY) 96% 11/1
Pacific Northwest Col. of Art (OR) N/A 12/1
Palm Beach Atlantic University (FL) 74% 12/1
Pepperdine University (CA) 20% 11/15
Pitzer College (CA) 28% 12/1
Point Loma Nazarene University (CA) 50% 12/1
Pratt Institute (NY) 17% 2/1
Presbyterian College (SC) 90% 12/5
Providence College (RI) 66% 11/1
Ramapo College of New Jersey * N/A 8/1
Rhode Island School of Design 48% 12/15
Rice University (TX) 28% 12/1
Richard Stockton Col. of N.J. * N/A 2/1
Rider University (NJ) 90% 11/15
Roanoke College (VA) 63% 10/1
Salve Regina University (RI) 71% 11/15
San Diego State University * N/A 11/30
Santa Clara University (CA) 75% 11/15
Seattle Pacific University 94% 12/1
Shepherd University (WV)* N/A 11/15
Shippensburg U. of Pennsylvania * N/A N/A
Siena College (NY) 82% 12/1
Siena Heights University (MI) N/A N/A
Simmons College (MA) 68% 12/1
Southern California Institute of Architecture N/A 2/1
Southern Methodist University (TX) N/A 11/1
Southern New Hampshire University N/A 11/15
Southern Utah University * N/A N/A
Southwest Baptist University (MO) 99% 9/7
Spelman College (GA) N/A 11/15
Stanford University (CA) N/A 11/1
Stephen F. Austin State Univ. (TX)* N/A 9/2
Sterling College (KS) 100% 11/15
Stillman College (AL) N/A 5/1
St. John's University (MN) 84% 12/1
St. Joseph College (CT) N/A 11/15
St. Joseph's College (ME) N/A 11/15
St. Mary's College of California 72% 11/30
St. Michael's College (VT) 80% 12/15
St. Olaf College (MN) 83% 12/15
St. Peter's College (NJ) N/A 12/15
St. Thomas Aquinas College (NY) 82% 11/15
Suffolk University (MA) 40% 11/15
SUNY–Albany * N/A 12/1
SUNY–Binghamton * N/A 11/15
SUNY Col. Arts & Sci.–New Paltz * 53% 11/15
SUNY College–Oneonta * N/A 11/15
SUNY–Stony Brook * N/A 11/15
SUNY–Upstate Medical University * 55% 4/1
Tarleton State University (TX)* N/A 12/1
Taylor University (IN) 73% 11/1
Texas A&M Univ.–College Station * N/A 12/1
Texas Christian University N/A 11/15
Texas Woman's University * N/A 2/1
The American University–Cairo 29% 2/28
Thiel College (PA) N/A 12/15
Thomas College (ME) 100% 12/15
Transylvania University (KY) 79% 12/1
Trinity College (DC) 70% 12/1
Trinity University (TX) 72% 12/15
Truman State University (MO)* 63% 11/15
Tulane University (LA) 82% 11/1
Union University (TN) N/A 12/1
United States Coast Guard Acad. (CT)* 27% 11/1
United States Military Academy (NY)* N/A 11/15
United States Naval Academy (MD)* N/A N/A
University of Advancing Technology N/A N/A
University of Akron (OH)* 7% 10/1
University of Alberta * N/A N/A
University of Arkansas * 91% 11/15
Univ. of California–Riverside * N/A 7/31
University of Chicago 43% 11/1
University of Connecticut * 70% 12/1
University of Dallas N/A 12/1
University of Denver 82% 11/15
University of Evansville (IN) 82% 12/1
University of Georgia * 86% 11/1
University of Hartford (CT) 71% 11/15
University of Maine–Farmington * N/A 12/15
University of Maine–Machias * N/A 12/15
Univ. of Maine–Presque Isle * N/A 10/31
U. of Maryland–Baltimore County * 35% 11/1
Univ. of Maryland–College Park * 47% 12/1
Univ. of Maryland–Eastern Shore * N/A 11/15
University of Miami (FL) N/A 11/15
University of Mobile (AL) N/A 11/1
University of Montana–Western * N/A N/A
University of Nevada–Reno * 93% 11/15
University of New Hampshire * 63% 12/1
U. of North Carolina–Chapel Hill * 47% 11/1
U. of North Carolina–Charlotte * 44% 10/15
U. of North Carolina–Wilmington * 47% 11/1
University of North Florida * 100% 11/15
University of Notre Dame (IN) 50% 11/1
University of Puerto Rico–Bayamon University Coll * 100% 2/28
University of Rhode Island * N/A 12/15
University of San Diego 50% 11/15
University of San Francisco 72% 11/15
University of Saskatchewan * N/A 5/15
University of Scranton (PA) 90% 11/15
University of Tennessee * 92% 11/1
University of Texas–El Paso * N/A N/A
University of Texas–Pan American * N/A N/A
University of the Pacific (CA) N/A 12/1
University of Vermont * 85% 11/1
Ursuline College (OH) 69% 11/15
Valparaiso University (IN) 87% 11/1
Villanova University (PA) 48% 11/1
Wabash College (IN) N/A 12/15
Wartburg College (IA) 75% 12/1
Washington and Jefferson Col. (PA) 41% 1/15
Washington College (MD) N/A 12/1
Webber International University (FL) N/A 12/30
Wells College (NY) 89% 12/15
Wesleyan College (GA) N/A 2/1
Westminster College (PA) N/A 11/15
Westmont College (CA) 90% 11/1
Wheaton College (IL) N/A 11/1
Whittier College (CA) 49% 12/1
Whitworth College (WA) 88% 11/30
Widener University (PA) N/A 12/1
Willamette University (OR) 94% 12/1
William Jewell College (MO) N/A 11/15
William Paterson Univ. of N.J. * 63% 3/10
Winona State University (MN)* N/A N/A
Wittenberg University (OH) 93% 12/1
Worcester Polytechnic Inst. (MA) 91% 11/15
Xavier University (OH) N/A 12/1
Xavier University of Louisiana N/A 1/15
Yale University (CT) N/A 11/1
Youngstown State University (OH)* 80% 2/15
Sunday, June 8, 2008
Stow resident named valedictorian at NRHS
It’s that time of year again: the leaves are out, the birds are chirping in the early morning hours and high school seniors everywhere are taking the first step out into the real world.
Leading the way is Nashoba’s valedictorian, Cristina Shea, 18, class president and representative to the Nashoba School Committee. She’ll be attending Stanford University in the fall.
For Shea, choosing where to attend college required a lot of thinking and soul-searching. She was accepted to Harvard but wasn’t sure it was the place for her. After all, she and her friends often hang out in Harvard Square and it wouldn’t really feel like “going away” to college.
It came down to location, in a way — moving to California rather than Cambridge meant it would be more of an adventure.
“I was torn, because they are both good schools,” she said.
But Stanford ultimately offered more of the opportunities she wants to pursue.
Shea said she’s thinking about biology for her major but hasn’t really decided yet.
Even though she’s looking forward to the adventure, Shea said she will miss her friends. In her graduating class at Nashoba, only two other students will be traveling to California; most have enrolled in schools on the East Coast, made plain as day with pins on a map in the guidance department.
“It’ll be hard to keep in touch,” she said.
She also thinks college will definitely be a challenge. Classes and assignments will be more difficult and she’ll have to learn to manage her time better, said Shea.
But there are still some benefits in moving away to college, even if it is across the entire country. Shea said she’s looking forward to everything being new and meeting people from all over. And, Shea said, the weather’s definitely something to anticipate.
Shea will keep busy this summer working at Camp Sewataro in Sudbury. Freshmen orientation at Stanford doesn’t start until Sept. 16, giving her an extra-long summer.
Nashoba’s graduation will be held on Sunday, June 8, at 12:30 p.m.
Reporter Meghan B. Kelly can be reached at 978-371-5758 or mkelly@cnc.com.
Leading the way is Nashoba’s valedictorian, Cristina Shea, 18, class president and representative to the Nashoba School Committee. She’ll be attending Stanford University in the fall.
For Shea, choosing where to attend college required a lot of thinking and soul-searching. She was accepted to Harvard but wasn’t sure it was the place for her. After all, she and her friends often hang out in Harvard Square and it wouldn’t really feel like “going away” to college.
It came down to location, in a way — moving to California rather than Cambridge meant it would be more of an adventure.
“I was torn, because they are both good schools,” she said.
But Stanford ultimately offered more of the opportunities she wants to pursue.
Shea said she’s thinking about biology for her major but hasn’t really decided yet.
Even though she’s looking forward to the adventure, Shea said she will miss her friends. In her graduating class at Nashoba, only two other students will be traveling to California; most have enrolled in schools on the East Coast, made plain as day with pins on a map in the guidance department.
“It’ll be hard to keep in touch,” she said.
She also thinks college will definitely be a challenge. Classes and assignments will be more difficult and she’ll have to learn to manage her time better, said Shea.
But there are still some benefits in moving away to college, even if it is across the entire country. Shea said she’s looking forward to everything being new and meeting people from all over. And, Shea said, the weather’s definitely something to anticipate.
Shea will keep busy this summer working at Camp Sewataro in Sudbury. Freshmen orientation at Stanford doesn’t start until Sept. 16, giving her an extra-long summer.
Nashoba’s graduation will be held on Sunday, June 8, at 12:30 p.m.
Reporter Meghan B. Kelly can be reached at 978-371-5758 or mkelly@cnc.com.
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Princeton Report: Students Reject Us If Harvard or Stanford Accepts Them
Published On Saturday, November 16, 1985 12:00 AM
By LAURA S. KOHL
High school seniors who are admitted to Harvard, Yale, Princeton and Stanford will choose any of the other three before Princeton, according to a report released by the central New Jersey school last week. They are most likely to attend Harvard.
Two-hundred-and-seventy members of the class of 1989 chose Harvard over Princeton, while only 73 turned down a chance to come to Cambridge for a four-year stay at Princeton.
"Harvard is a very attractive place to go," said Spencer Reynolds, Princeton's assistant dean of admissions. "The numbers have been fairly consistent over the years. Harvard has been the college students choose [over the other three] and represents the largest loss we have."
Those students that decline admission to Harvard go to Yale, Stanford, and Princeton, said Harvard's Director of Admissions Laura G. Fisher. "But they lose more than twice as many to us as we lose to them."
Harvard's 73.8 percent yield, the highest in the Ivy League, has been pretty constant over the last ten years, said Fisher.
Harvard has led the field among those schools that attract students from Stanford, said Jean Fetter, Dean of Undergraduate admissions at Stanford. Out of the 903 that turned down Stanford last year, 203 went to Harvard, 100 to Princeton, 92 to Yale, 60 to MIT, 36 to Berkeley, and 28 to Brown.
"Those top five schools have remained the same since 1979," said Fetter.
However, fewer students are turning down Stanford. The Princeton report showed an increase in students rejecting Princeton for the Palo Alto, Cal. campus. Although Harvard still takes more students from Princeton than any other school, Stanford is now number two, surpassing Yale.
Princeton lost 155 students to Stanford last year, but only 135 to Yale, according to the report.
Fetter attributed Stanford's rise in popularity along the east coast to its becoming in increasingly well known as a national university. She said that national prominence has been achieved largely through the high quality of Stanford's faculty and the extremely strong leadership of the past set of university presidents.
"Stanford is considered a 'hot' college. It's appeal may be faddish, but it's a terrific university," said Princeton's Reynolds.
Stanford is a hot college in other ways. But Fetter cautioned that even though "the sun shines more, the temperature is higher, students should not be misled.. [into thinking] the academics are laid back." Declined Princeton to Enter: Harvard Yale Stanford 270 135 155 Declined Others to Enter Princeton: Harvard Yale Stanford 73 94 102
By LAURA S. KOHL
High school seniors who are admitted to Harvard, Yale, Princeton and Stanford will choose any of the other three before Princeton, according to a report released by the central New Jersey school last week. They are most likely to attend Harvard.
Two-hundred-and-seventy members of the class of 1989 chose Harvard over Princeton, while only 73 turned down a chance to come to Cambridge for a four-year stay at Princeton.
"Harvard is a very attractive place to go," said Spencer Reynolds, Princeton's assistant dean of admissions. "The numbers have been fairly consistent over the years. Harvard has been the college students choose [over the other three] and represents the largest loss we have."
Those students that decline admission to Harvard go to Yale, Stanford, and Princeton, said Harvard's Director of Admissions Laura G. Fisher. "But they lose more than twice as many to us as we lose to them."
Harvard's 73.8 percent yield, the highest in the Ivy League, has been pretty constant over the last ten years, said Fisher.
Harvard has led the field among those schools that attract students from Stanford, said Jean Fetter, Dean of Undergraduate admissions at Stanford. Out of the 903 that turned down Stanford last year, 203 went to Harvard, 100 to Princeton, 92 to Yale, 60 to MIT, 36 to Berkeley, and 28 to Brown.
"Those top five schools have remained the same since 1979," said Fetter.
However, fewer students are turning down Stanford. The Princeton report showed an increase in students rejecting Princeton for the Palo Alto, Cal. campus. Although Harvard still takes more students from Princeton than any other school, Stanford is now number two, surpassing Yale.
Princeton lost 155 students to Stanford last year, but only 135 to Yale, according to the report.
Fetter attributed Stanford's rise in popularity along the east coast to its becoming in increasingly well known as a national university. She said that national prominence has been achieved largely through the high quality of Stanford's faculty and the extremely strong leadership of the past set of university presidents.
"Stanford is considered a 'hot' college. It's appeal may be faddish, but it's a terrific university," said Princeton's Reynolds.
Stanford is a hot college in other ways. But Fetter cautioned that even though "the sun shines more, the temperature is higher, students should not be misled.. [into thinking] the academics are laid back." Declined Princeton to Enter: Harvard Yale Stanford 270 135 155 Declined Others to Enter Princeton: Harvard Yale Stanford 73 94 102
Duke to accept 200 students from waitlist
By: Julia Love
Issue date: 6/5/08 Section: News
Many elite universities have reached deep into their waitlists this year, making dreams come true for some applicants who had written off their top choice school for Fall.
Two hundred students who were once unsure of their statuses as future Blue Devils will join the Class of 2012 from the waitlist, Dean of Undergraduate Admissions Christoph Guttentag said.
He attributed the increase in waitlist acceptances-about 40 more students than last year-to a spike in waitlist admissions at Harvard, Princeton and Yale.
"We can see the effects of a couple of schools having admitted students off the waitlist," Guttentag said. "This is exactly what happens when schools like Harvard and Yale take people off their waitlists."
In May, Harvard expected to take 150 to 175 students from its waitlist this year, Princeton planned to accept 90 and Yale was looking to offer admission to 45 applicants, the schools' deans of admissions told The New York Times.
Additionally, the University of Pennsylvania accepted 90 applicants from its waitlist this year, exceeding last year's total by 35 students, said the university's Interim Dean of Admissions Eric Kaplan.
"We're sort of in a wait-and-see mode at this point," he said. "Our class looks very good. We're holding steady right now, but there are external factors we can't control, like the waitlist admissions at other schools."
An unusually large class of high school seniors, the elimination of early action programs at several of Duke's peer institutions-including Harvard, Princeton and the University of Virginia-and drastic changes to the financial aid landscape have made for one of the most unforeseeable years in admissions on record, Guttentag said.
"This is probably the least predictable year that I've seen in admissions in the 26 years I've been working," he said. "I've never seen so many changes at one time that affect us fairly directly."
Kaplan said the elimination of early action programs at other institutions altered the composition of UPenn's applicant pool. Top students who had previously sent their applications to only Harvard or Princeton applied to a broader range of schools last year, resulting in significantly more overlap among admitted students, he explained.
"In the past there were students who applied exclusively to Harvard or Princeton, and with the elimination of those schools' early action programs many of them applied to [UPenn] as well," he said. "We certainly admitted them in very high numbers. Sometimes they chose [UPenn], but many times they chose Harvard or Princeton."
Despite the fact that a larger proportion of students did not make Duke's first cut, the Class of 2012 is no less accomplished than the classes that preceded it, Guttentag said.
Duke received a record-breaking number of applications this year, and Guttentag approximated there are 100 more students to whom he could easily offer admission.
"This is a class that is at least as qualified as we've had in the past and may very well be more diverse than we've had in the past," he said.
With college admissions still more fiercely competitive than ever, admissions officers at UPenn said they have enjoyed the opportunity to send out a few more precious "thick envelopes" this year, Kaplan said.
"This is a real treat for a lot of people on our staff to be able to call students and just really make their day," he said.
Issue date: 6/5/08 Section: News
Many elite universities have reached deep into their waitlists this year, making dreams come true for some applicants who had written off their top choice school for Fall.
Two hundred students who were once unsure of their statuses as future Blue Devils will join the Class of 2012 from the waitlist, Dean of Undergraduate Admissions Christoph Guttentag said.
He attributed the increase in waitlist acceptances-about 40 more students than last year-to a spike in waitlist admissions at Harvard, Princeton and Yale.
"We can see the effects of a couple of schools having admitted students off the waitlist," Guttentag said. "This is exactly what happens when schools like Harvard and Yale take people off their waitlists."
In May, Harvard expected to take 150 to 175 students from its waitlist this year, Princeton planned to accept 90 and Yale was looking to offer admission to 45 applicants, the schools' deans of admissions told The New York Times.
Additionally, the University of Pennsylvania accepted 90 applicants from its waitlist this year, exceeding last year's total by 35 students, said the university's Interim Dean of Admissions Eric Kaplan.
"We're sort of in a wait-and-see mode at this point," he said. "Our class looks very good. We're holding steady right now, but there are external factors we can't control, like the waitlist admissions at other schools."
An unusually large class of high school seniors, the elimination of early action programs at several of Duke's peer institutions-including Harvard, Princeton and the University of Virginia-and drastic changes to the financial aid landscape have made for one of the most unforeseeable years in admissions on record, Guttentag said.
"This is probably the least predictable year that I've seen in admissions in the 26 years I've been working," he said. "I've never seen so many changes at one time that affect us fairly directly."
Kaplan said the elimination of early action programs at other institutions altered the composition of UPenn's applicant pool. Top students who had previously sent their applications to only Harvard or Princeton applied to a broader range of schools last year, resulting in significantly more overlap among admitted students, he explained.
"In the past there were students who applied exclusively to Harvard or Princeton, and with the elimination of those schools' early action programs many of them applied to [UPenn] as well," he said. "We certainly admitted them in very high numbers. Sometimes they chose [UPenn], but many times they chose Harvard or Princeton."
Despite the fact that a larger proportion of students did not make Duke's first cut, the Class of 2012 is no less accomplished than the classes that preceded it, Guttentag said.
Duke received a record-breaking number of applications this year, and Guttentag approximated there are 100 more students to whom he could easily offer admission.
"This is a class that is at least as qualified as we've had in the past and may very well be more diverse than we've had in the past," he said.
With college admissions still more fiercely competitive than ever, admissions officers at UPenn said they have enjoyed the opportunity to send out a few more precious "thick envelopes" this year, Kaplan said.
"This is a real treat for a lot of people on our staff to be able to call students and just really make their day," he said.
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Two out of five Harvard seniors entering the workforce will flock to lucrative jobs in business, consulting, and finance after graduation
6/4/2008
Two out of five Harvard seniors entering the workforce will flock to lucrative jobs in business, consulting, and finance after graduation, according to a survey of more than 600 seniors conducted by The Crimson.
Overall, a sluggish economy appears to have made it harder for the Class of 2008 to find employment, with 66 percent of workforce-bound seniors reporting that they have a job lined up after graduation, compared with 73 percent in a similar survey last year.
Even in the face of inflation, wages appear to have remained steady: the average employed senior will earn a base salary of $45,425, about the same as last year.
Consulting firms and financial-sector companies, which use aggressive recruiting tactics to woo students, won 39 percent of workforce-bound seniors, down from 47 percent last year. This year, students are gravitating in larger numbers to the arts, health services, media, and public service.
Those working in business and finance will earn considerably more than their counterparts in other sectors. The average salary in consulting, business, finance, and technology was just over $65,000 (excluding bonuses), while in all other areas it was $35,500.
When students were asked to set financial concerns aside, they said they would prefer to work in the arts, media, and public service rather than in business, consulting, and finance (20 percent said they would remain in those sectors).
University President Drew G. Faust plans to focus on career choice and the finance and consulting phenomenon in her Baccalaureate address to seniors today. In the speech, she says that several students have come to her asking why so many Harvard grads head to Wall Street.
“I think you are worried because you want your lives not just to be conventionally successful, but to be meaningful, and you are not sure how those two goals fit together,” Faust says, according to a copy of her prepared remarks. “You are not sure if a generous starting salary at a prestigious, brand-name organization together with the promise of future wealth will feed your soul.”
Faust calls on seniors to find work in line with their passions.
“If you don’t try to do what you love—whether it is painting or biology or finance—if you don’t pursue what you think will be most meaningful, you will regret it,” Faust says in the speech.
The director of Harvard’s Office of Career Services, William Wright-Swadel, said that many students plan to work in finance, business, and consulting for only a few years. He said high salaries are only part of students’ motivations in choosing these sectors, and that many students see these fields as good preparation for a wide array of careers, from international development to journalism.
“I certainly think our students are looking to what is the best way to get the training,” he said.
Wright-Swadel said many seniors were unhurt by the economic downturn, much of which occurred after the fall recruiting season. But, he said, the office is concerned that the students who don’t have a job lined up will be discouraged from looking.
Some seniors found the job market this year particularly difficult to navigate. Philip R. Goldfarb ’08 said he competed against recently laid off workers in his job search, and he still does not have employment lined up.
“It was definitely hard to find a job,” he said. “I’ve been looking pretty hard for the last two months.”
Goldfarb, a history and literature concentrator, plans to work for a year before applying to a graduate program in English.
The lack of increase in wages from 2007 to 2008 may also be cause for concern for graduates, said Harvard economist Lawrence F. Katz, who has studied student career choices. Wages typically grow between 4 to 5 percent each year, Katz said.
“The fact that wages didn’t grow for this class versus last year’s class is telling us that the economy is not very strong,” he said. “It is a little worrisome.”
One lower-paying sector is not losing future employees because of salary size: education. Nearly 11 percent of respondents said they would go into education if finances were not an issue, the same percentage when finances were considered.
SERVING THE PUBLIC
Post-graduation plans for students receiving financial aid from Harvard (about 50 percent of respondents) differ in several significant ways from those students not on financial aid.
Students on financial aid will make an average salary of roughly $4,000 per year less than students not on financial aid. This gap, however, is largely accounted for by job choice. Students on financial aid are far less likely to go into fields like investment banking, opting instead for lower-paying sectors like public service.
When controlling for work sector, there is no significant difference between students on and not on financial aid.
The survey also found that students’ job prospects color their Harvard experiences. Four in five students said that they would still choose to attend Harvard if they could decide again. Among individuals that are still searching for a job, however, that fell to about 70 percent.
—Roger R. Lee contributed to the reporting of this story.
Two out of five Harvard seniors entering the workforce will flock to lucrative jobs in business, consulting, and finance after graduation, according to a survey of more than 600 seniors conducted by The Crimson.
Overall, a sluggish economy appears to have made it harder for the Class of 2008 to find employment, with 66 percent of workforce-bound seniors reporting that they have a job lined up after graduation, compared with 73 percent in a similar survey last year.
Even in the face of inflation, wages appear to have remained steady: the average employed senior will earn a base salary of $45,425, about the same as last year.
Consulting firms and financial-sector companies, which use aggressive recruiting tactics to woo students, won 39 percent of workforce-bound seniors, down from 47 percent last year. This year, students are gravitating in larger numbers to the arts, health services, media, and public service.
Those working in business and finance will earn considerably more than their counterparts in other sectors. The average salary in consulting, business, finance, and technology was just over $65,000 (excluding bonuses), while in all other areas it was $35,500.
When students were asked to set financial concerns aside, they said they would prefer to work in the arts, media, and public service rather than in business, consulting, and finance (20 percent said they would remain in those sectors).
University President Drew G. Faust plans to focus on career choice and the finance and consulting phenomenon in her Baccalaureate address to seniors today. In the speech, she says that several students have come to her asking why so many Harvard grads head to Wall Street.
“I think you are worried because you want your lives not just to be conventionally successful, but to be meaningful, and you are not sure how those two goals fit together,” Faust says, according to a copy of her prepared remarks. “You are not sure if a generous starting salary at a prestigious, brand-name organization together with the promise of future wealth will feed your soul.”
Faust calls on seniors to find work in line with their passions.
“If you don’t try to do what you love—whether it is painting or biology or finance—if you don’t pursue what you think will be most meaningful, you will regret it,” Faust says in the speech.
The director of Harvard’s Office of Career Services, William Wright-Swadel, said that many students plan to work in finance, business, and consulting for only a few years. He said high salaries are only part of students’ motivations in choosing these sectors, and that many students see these fields as good preparation for a wide array of careers, from international development to journalism.
“I certainly think our students are looking to what is the best way to get the training,” he said.
Wright-Swadel said many seniors were unhurt by the economic downturn, much of which occurred after the fall recruiting season. But, he said, the office is concerned that the students who don’t have a job lined up will be discouraged from looking.
Some seniors found the job market this year particularly difficult to navigate. Philip R. Goldfarb ’08 said he competed against recently laid off workers in his job search, and he still does not have employment lined up.
“It was definitely hard to find a job,” he said. “I’ve been looking pretty hard for the last two months.”
Goldfarb, a history and literature concentrator, plans to work for a year before applying to a graduate program in English.
The lack of increase in wages from 2007 to 2008 may also be cause for concern for graduates, said Harvard economist Lawrence F. Katz, who has studied student career choices. Wages typically grow between 4 to 5 percent each year, Katz said.
“The fact that wages didn’t grow for this class versus last year’s class is telling us that the economy is not very strong,” he said. “It is a little worrisome.”
One lower-paying sector is not losing future employees because of salary size: education. Nearly 11 percent of respondents said they would go into education if finances were not an issue, the same percentage when finances were considered.
SERVING THE PUBLIC
Post-graduation plans for students receiving financial aid from Harvard (about 50 percent of respondents) differ in several significant ways from those students not on financial aid.
Students on financial aid will make an average salary of roughly $4,000 per year less than students not on financial aid. This gap, however, is largely accounted for by job choice. Students on financial aid are far less likely to go into fields like investment banking, opting instead for lower-paying sectors like public service.
When controlling for work sector, there is no significant difference between students on and not on financial aid.
The survey also found that students’ job prospects color their Harvard experiences. Four in five students said that they would still choose to attend Harvard if they could decide again. Among individuals that are still searching for a job, however, that fell to about 70 percent.
—Roger R. Lee contributed to the reporting of this story.
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
The Billionaire Universities
by Andrew Farrell
Friday, May 30, 2008
For every one opening at Harvard's undergraduate college, there were 14 hopeful high school applicants. Despite the daunting odds, there's good reason to try to win one of those coveted acceptance letters.
Harvard is consistently ranked as one of the top schools in the country. Its $35 billion endowment makes it the best-funded college in the United States.
Oh, and there's this: Harvard students are more likely to become billionaires than graduates of any other college.
Of the 469 Americans on Forbes' most recent list of the world's billionaires, 50 received at least one degree from Harvard. The school has produced 20 more current American billionaires than No. 2 on our list, Stanford University.
Harvard's billionaire alumni are an accomplished group. They include Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and media tycoon Sumner Redstone.
Stanford University trails Harvard, but still boasts 30 billionaire alumni. These include Nike co-founder Philip Knight and discount brokerage mogul Charles Schwab.
Fittingly, the California university, which has produced so many ultra-wealthy businesspeople, was founded by one. The grieving railroad tycoon Leland Stanford decided to found a university after his only son died of typhoid fever. With considerable land and money donations from the Californian, the school opened its doors in 1891.
Following Stanford is the University of Pennsylvania, with 27 graduates. Notable members of the group include real estate king Donald Trump and SAC Capital founder Steven Cohen.
Rounding out the top five are Yale, with 19 billionaire graduates, and Columbia University, with 15. The top school from the Midwest is the University of Chicago, ranked seventh, with 10 grads. No. 1 from the south is Duke, with eight.
A dubious distinction goes to New York University. The school has five dropouts who have gone on to become billionaires, including Carl Icahn. After receiving a degree in philosophy from Princeton, Icahn enrolled in NYU's medical school. Bored by all the memorization required, he jumped ship to be a stockbroker.
It proved a profitable career change. The Queens, N.Y., native is now the 46th wealthiest person in the world with a fortune of $14 billion. He could rack up another $300 million in profits if he can push Yahoo! to reconsider a sale to Microsoft.
A small group of schools account for a disproportionate amount of billionaire education. Just 20 universities and colleges account for 52% of the billionaire graduates while 182 schools count for the remainder.
What makes certain schools billionaire factories? For one thing, they offer excellent educations. But they also offer networking, which in many cases amounts to a ticket to the old-boys network, still very much in existence these days.
Some programs, like business schools, are more likely to produce super-high earners. Of Penn's 27 billionaire graduates, 20 attended its prestigious Wharton business school.
Strong research programs in developing areas of tech are important too. Sergey Brin and Larry Page met at Stanford's storied computer science program. The Google co-founders are now worth nearly $19 billion each.
Selectivity also helps. The best schools are overwhelmed by applicants each fall. Acceptance rates for nearly all of the top billionaire-producing schools are below 30%.
The low acceptance rates ensure that incoming classes are exceptionally smart. They're full of people whose resumes already point to great successes ahead.
Future billionaire Patrick McGovern caught MIT's attention as a teenager after building a computer that was unbeatable at tic-tac-toe, a remarkable feat in the 1950s. After attending MIT on a scholarship, McGovern began publishing magazines covering the growing computing world. Today, his tech media empire now puts his net worth at $4.7 billion.
Friday, May 30, 2008
For every one opening at Harvard's undergraduate college, there were 14 hopeful high school applicants. Despite the daunting odds, there's good reason to try to win one of those coveted acceptance letters.
Harvard is consistently ranked as one of the top schools in the country. Its $35 billion endowment makes it the best-funded college in the United States.
Oh, and there's this: Harvard students are more likely to become billionaires than graduates of any other college.
Of the 469 Americans on Forbes' most recent list of the world's billionaires, 50 received at least one degree from Harvard. The school has produced 20 more current American billionaires than No. 2 on our list, Stanford University.
Harvard's billionaire alumni are an accomplished group. They include Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and media tycoon Sumner Redstone.
Stanford University trails Harvard, but still boasts 30 billionaire alumni. These include Nike co-founder Philip Knight and discount brokerage mogul Charles Schwab.
Fittingly, the California university, which has produced so many ultra-wealthy businesspeople, was founded by one. The grieving railroad tycoon Leland Stanford decided to found a university after his only son died of typhoid fever. With considerable land and money donations from the Californian, the school opened its doors in 1891.
Following Stanford is the University of Pennsylvania, with 27 graduates. Notable members of the group include real estate king Donald Trump and SAC Capital founder Steven Cohen.
Rounding out the top five are Yale, with 19 billionaire graduates, and Columbia University, with 15. The top school from the Midwest is the University of Chicago, ranked seventh, with 10 grads. No. 1 from the south is Duke, with eight.
A dubious distinction goes to New York University. The school has five dropouts who have gone on to become billionaires, including Carl Icahn. After receiving a degree in philosophy from Princeton, Icahn enrolled in NYU's medical school. Bored by all the memorization required, he jumped ship to be a stockbroker.
It proved a profitable career change. The Queens, N.Y., native is now the 46th wealthiest person in the world with a fortune of $14 billion. He could rack up another $300 million in profits if he can push Yahoo! to reconsider a sale to Microsoft.
A small group of schools account for a disproportionate amount of billionaire education. Just 20 universities and colleges account for 52% of the billionaire graduates while 182 schools count for the remainder.
What makes certain schools billionaire factories? For one thing, they offer excellent educations. But they also offer networking, which in many cases amounts to a ticket to the old-boys network, still very much in existence these days.
Some programs, like business schools, are more likely to produce super-high earners. Of Penn's 27 billionaire graduates, 20 attended its prestigious Wharton business school.
Strong research programs in developing areas of tech are important too. Sergey Brin and Larry Page met at Stanford's storied computer science program. The Google co-founders are now worth nearly $19 billion each.
Selectivity also helps. The best schools are overwhelmed by applicants each fall. Acceptance rates for nearly all of the top billionaire-producing schools are below 30%.
The low acceptance rates ensure that incoming classes are exceptionally smart. They're full of people whose resumes already point to great successes ahead.
Future billionaire Patrick McGovern caught MIT's attention as a teenager after building a computer that was unbeatable at tic-tac-toe, a remarkable feat in the 1950s. After attending MIT on a scholarship, McGovern began publishing magazines covering the growing computing world. Today, his tech media empire now puts his net worth at $4.7 billion.
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Harvard, Yale, Princeton and Stanford Cross-Admits for the Class of 2012
I have to make certain assumptions to do the following analysis. First, I have to assume that most of best students in their categories were admitted by at least two of those schools, secondly, that every school tried to get those students while it could without sacrificing its interests like yield or the quality of the students. Here is a sample result for 60 cross-admitted by the Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford and MIT. The data might be a little bit biased toward MIT while they were collected. Therefore, MIT will not be concluded in the analysis.
Action\School-- Harvard Yale Princeton Stanford MIT
admit ----------- 37....... 34 ..... 43 .......30 .......25
% of total ------- 61.7..... 56.7...71.7 ..... 50..... 41.7
matriculate ----- 13........ 15 .... 15 ...... 10...... 7
% of admit ------ 35.1..... 44.1 ... 34.9 .... 33.3 ... 28.0
How many cross-admitted are there by HYPSM? We can use Stanford’s released data to find out. 1,727 out of 2400 admitted students accepted Stanford’s offer of admission to the Class of 2012, placing the yield rate for this admission cycle at a University record high of 72 percent. 431 of them are the first in their families (FIF) to attend four-year university and about 20%, or 345, are legacies. Minus those 776 from 1727 we have 951 left. Since they only won 33.3% of cross-admits, there must be some other groups like athletes or special talents involved. If we assume that Stanford offered x number of students who were in the cross-admit group, then Stanford offered
FIF+legacies: 431+345=776, assume 100% matriculation rate
Cross-admits: x, 33.3% matriculation rate
Athletes/specials: 2400-776-x, assume 100% matriculation rate
for total 2400 admissions. That is, 776+33.3%x+2400-776-x=2400*72%, or x=1008. Since Stanford only tried 50% of the total, we can speculate that there were about 2000 out there. Amazingly as it is, those top 2000 students best in their categories were what every school was looking for. Now look again to see what each school did based on the initial yield (H-74%, Y-69%, P-58%,S-72%), without counting the admitted from the waitlist:
Action\School----Harvard Yale Princeton Stanford
matriculate ----- 1480....1305...1150......1727
cross-admit------ 433.....500....500........333
percent ---------- 29.3....38.3...43.4......19.3
An example of calculation of the number of the cross-admits is Harvard: (% of total)*(% of admit)*(total # of cross-admits)=61.7%*35.1%*2000=433.
Regarding the Collegiate Matchups Table as put by The New York Times in the 2006:
---------Harvard Yale Princeton Stanford
Harvard----- * ----- 65 ---- 75 ----- 73 <----Harvard gets 65% of cross-admits, etc.
Yale --------35 ----- * ----- 62 ----- 60
Princeton --- 25 ---- 38 ---- * ------ 48
Stanford ---- 27 ---- 40 ---- 52 ------ *
the new marchup table looks like
-----------Harvard Yale Princeton Stanford
Harvard----- * ----- 44 ---- 65 ----- 62
Yale --------56 ----- * ----- 62 ----- 40
Princeton --- 35 ---- 38 ---- * ------ 50
Stanford ---- 38 ---- 60 ---- 50 ------ *
Since the table drew from a small sample (about 60 out of 1400-2000 cross-admits), we can only draw the conclusion that Harvard lost cross-admits to all other schools; Yale gained on Harvard, lost to Stanford, about the same as before with Princeton; Princeton gained on Harvard, about the same with Yale and Stanford; Stanford gained on Harvard and Yale, about the same as Princeton.
Action\School-- Harvard Yale Princeton Stanford MIT
admit ----------- 37....... 34 ..... 43 .......30 .......25
% of total ------- 61.7..... 56.7...71.7 ..... 50..... 41.7
matriculate ----- 13........ 15 .... 15 ...... 10...... 7
% of admit ------ 35.1..... 44.1 ... 34.9 .... 33.3 ... 28.0
How many cross-admitted are there by HYPSM? We can use Stanford’s released data to find out. 1,727 out of 2400 admitted students accepted Stanford’s offer of admission to the Class of 2012, placing the yield rate for this admission cycle at a University record high of 72 percent. 431 of them are the first in their families (FIF) to attend four-year university and about 20%, or 345, are legacies. Minus those 776 from 1727 we have 951 left. Since they only won 33.3% of cross-admits, there must be some other groups like athletes or special talents involved. If we assume that Stanford offered x number of students who were in the cross-admit group, then Stanford offered
FIF+legacies: 431+345=776, assume 100% matriculation rate
Cross-admits: x, 33.3% matriculation rate
Athletes/specials: 2400-776-x, assume 100% matriculation rate
for total 2400 admissions. That is, 776+33.3%x+2400-776-x=2400*72%, or x=1008. Since Stanford only tried 50% of the total, we can speculate that there were about 2000 out there. Amazingly as it is, those top 2000 students best in their categories were what every school was looking for. Now look again to see what each school did based on the initial yield (H-74%, Y-69%, P-58%,S-72%), without counting the admitted from the waitlist:
Action\School----Harvard Yale Princeton Stanford
matriculate ----- 1480....1305...1150......1727
cross-admit------ 433.....500....500........333
percent ---------- 29.3....38.3...43.4......19.3
An example of calculation of the number of the cross-admits is Harvard: (% of total)*(% of admit)*(total # of cross-admits)=61.7%*35.1%*2000=433.
Regarding the Collegiate Matchups Table as put by The New York Times in the 2006:
---------Harvard Yale Princeton Stanford
Harvard----- * ----- 65 ---- 75 ----- 73 <----Harvard gets 65% of cross-admits, etc.
Yale --------35 ----- * ----- 62 ----- 60
Princeton --- 25 ---- 38 ---- * ------ 48
Stanford ---- 27 ---- 40 ---- 52 ------ *
the new marchup table looks like
-----------Harvard Yale Princeton Stanford
Harvard----- * ----- 44 ---- 65 ----- 62
Yale --------56 ----- * ----- 62 ----- 40
Princeton --- 35 ---- 38 ---- * ------ 50
Stanford ---- 38 ---- 60 ---- 50 ------ *
Since the table drew from a small sample (about 60 out of 1400-2000 cross-admits), we can only draw the conclusion that Harvard lost cross-admits to all other schools; Yale gained on Harvard, lost to Stanford, about the same as before with Princeton; Princeton gained on Harvard, about the same with Yale and Stanford; Stanford gained on Harvard and Yale, about the same as Princeton.
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