As screens lit up Tuesday evening, 728 early action applicants to Yale heard the unmistakable chant: “Bulldogs! Bulldogs! Bow, wow, wow! Eli Yale.” For these students, it was the moment they learned of their admission into Yale’s class of 2029.
This year, Yale received 6,729 early action applicants to the class of 2029, and of those, 10.82 percent were admitted, marking one of the lowest early acceptance rates in Yale’s history. Last year, Yale admitted 9.02 percent of early applicants, the lowest early admit rate in more than two decades.
Of the remaining applications to the class of 2029, 17 percent were deferred for reconsideration in the spring, 71 percent were denied admission, and 1 percent were withdrawn or incomplete. Deferred students will receive their final admissions decision on March 27, alongside students applying for admission on the regular timeline.
“Members of the admissions committee were impressed by the breadth and depth of achievements, experiences, interests, and ambitions among our early action applicants,” wrote Jeremiah Quinlan, dean of undergraduate admissions and financial aid, in a press release. “We look forward to considering and offering admission to many more outstanding applicants through the upcoming regular decision round.”
The class of 2029, which saw a 14 percent decrease in early applications, is the first to apply under Yale’s new test-flexible policy.
After four years of a test-optional policy that allowed applicants to decide whether to submit test scores, the class of 2029 applicants must submit standardized test scores. Applicants may select one or more types of tests from a list of four options — SAT, ACT, Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate. Those who choose to send AP or IB scores are required to include results from all subject exams that they have taken.
“The small decrease in this year’s early action applicant pool is exactly in line with what we anticipated following the change in our standardized testing policy,” wrote Quinlan.
However, compared with the 2019-20 admissions cycle, the most recent cycle in which Yale required standardized testing of all applicants, this year’s early action pool has approximately 1,000 more applications, an increase of 17 percent.
The class of 2029 is also the second to be admitted since the Supreme Court struck down race-conscious college admissions. In the class of 2028, the first admitted with race-blind admissions, Black and Latine enrollment remained stable while the share of Asian American students slightly decreased.
This admissions cycle also continues a recent trend of Yale rejecting more early applicants than it defers. The News previously reported that data suggest that the admissions office previously preferred to delay final calls on applications until the spring regular decision date. But starting with the class of 2025, the office began moving toward rejecting a larger share of applicants in the early action round itself.
Quinlan previously said that this change was driven by two primary factors.
“First, the increase in applications,” Quinlan previously told the News. “Deferring an application means the committee has to reconsider the application going forward … [so] we are pushing ourselves to make more final decisions in the early application round. The second thing was that we heard from our colleagues in high schools across the country that it is useful to offer final decisions earlier.”
Earlier in the month, Yale College also admitted 66 students to the class of 2029 through the QuestBridge College Match, a program that connects high-achieving high school students from lower-income backgrounds with selective universities nationwide.
Students accepted through QuestBridge receive a financial aid award that covers the full cost of tuition, housing and meals. The University also provides hospitalization insurance coverage and a $2,000 start-up grant in each student’s first year.
QuestBridge finalists who did not match with any of the partner institutions but ranked Yale on their list of preferred schools will be automatically entered into the University’s regular decision pool. If accepted, these students will not be required to matriculate.
In April, the admissions office will invite all newly admitted students to visit campus for Bulldog Days, a three-day experience where admitted students can experience life at Yale through campus tours, panels and student performances.
Beginning in January, the admissions office will begin to review its regular decision applicants. Those students will receive their admissions decisions in March.
The Office of Undergraduate Admissions is located at 38 Hillhouse Ave.
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