Friday, August 20, 2010

Yield to Admit (YAR) Ratio for Class of 2014

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YAR
Institution
Applied
Admitted
Waitlist admits
Anticipated Matriculates
Admit Rate
(%)
Yield
Rate
(%)
10.7
Harvard
30,489
2,184
70
1,667
7.2
76.3
9.8
Stanford
32,022
2,340
40
1,675
7.3
71.6
8.7
Yale*
25,869
2,000
60
1350
7.7
67.5
6.5
Princeton*
26,247
2,285
137
1300
8.7
56.9
6.3
M.I.T.
16,632
1,676
65
1,070
10.1
63.8
6.1
Columbia
26,178
2,472
75
1,431
9.4
57.9
5.7
Brown
30,135
2,820
N/A
1,500
9.4
53.2
4.6
Dartmouth
18,778
2,165
19
1,149
11.5
53.1
4.4
Penn
26,939
3,847
40
2,426
14.3
63.1
3.0
Caltech
4,859
610
7
226
12.6
37.0
2.7
Duke
26,770
4,207
200
1,768
15.7
42.0
2.6
Cornell
36,338
6,673
0
3,238
18.4
48.5
2.3
Vanderbilt
21,827
3,906
166
1,600
17.9
41.0
2.2
Georgetown
18,077
3,619
116
1,580
20.0
43.7
2.1
Chicago
19,353
3,623
71
1,416
18.7
39.1
1.7
Rice
12,392
2,634
131
958
21.3
36.4
1.7
U.N.C.
23,174
7,461
486
4,041
32.2
54.2
1.6
JHU
18,459
3,794
33
1,267
20.6
33.4
1.6
U.C.L.A.
57,658
13,088
0
4,801
22.7
36.7
1.6
CAL
50,312
12,914
0
5,247
25.7
40.6
1.5
Tufts
15,434
3,756
0
1,339
24.3
35.6
1.5
Wash. U.
24,939
5,286
0
1,635
21.2
30.9
1.4
Northwestern
27,615
6,380
21
2,125
23.1
33.3
1.4
U. of Virginia
22,516
7,200
200
3,300
32.0
45.8
1.4
USC
35,800
8,725
0
2,900
24.4
33.2
1.3
U. of Florida
27,306
11,464
0
6,400
42.0
55.8
1.2
NYU
38,037
11,327
117
3,953
29.8
34.9
1.1
Emory
15,550
4,488
46
1,387
28.9
30.9
0.9
CMU
15,487
5,164
70
1,526
33.3
29.6
0.8
Lehigh
10,337
3,900
15
1,236
37.7
31.7
0.8
Boston C.
29,933
9,310
103
2,359
31.1
25.3
0.8
Georgia Tech
13,553
6,976
311
2,785
51.5
39.9
0.8
Wisconsin
25,488
14,384
0
6,138
56.4
42.7
0.7
Wake Forest
10,563
4,232
N/A
1,233
40.1
29.1

* Princeton's and Yale's numbers are estimates obtained from their school newspapers. For others see
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http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2010-admissions-tally/?ref=edlife
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6 comments:

  1. NYCFanAugust 20, 2010 at 1:47 PM

    You need to account for distortions in your "formula" caused by early admissions programs. For example ...

    For the Class of 2013:

    STANFORD:

    Total apps: 30,429
    EA apps: 5,363
    RD apps: 1,737

    Total admits: 2,426 (8%)
    Total yield: 1,692 (69.7%)

    EA admits: 689 (12.8%)
    EA yield: 547 (79.4%)

    RD admits: 1,737 (6.9%)
    RD yield: 1,145 (65.9%

    YALE:

    Total apps: 26,003
    EA apps: 5,557
    RD apps: 20,446

    Total admits: 1,958 (7.5%)
    Total yield: 1,305 (66.6%)

    EA admits: 742 (13.4%)
    EA yield: 574 (77.3%)

    RD admits: 1,216 (5.9%)
    RD yield: 734 (60.4%)

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  2. NYCFanAugust 20, 2010 at 1:53 PM

    On what do you base your estimated net matriculation numbers at Yale and Princeton? I do not believe these numbers came from the college paper websites.

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  3. MathacleAugust 20, 2010 at 2:58 PM

    Fan, I may have to use the overall yield and admit rate as they were reported, instead of further dividing them into ED, SCEA and RD. It is unfair to Harvard and Princeton to use overall yield and admit rates, but without using SCEA/ED in their admission practice was their choices, the same can be said for Stanford and Yale with the rest.

    I am waiting for Columbia to catch up next year. It could pass both Princeton and Yale.

    For Princeton and Yale's waitlist admits:

    http://mathacle.blogspot.com/2010/05/yield-falls-to-569-percent-for-class-of.html

    http://mathacle.blogspot.com/2010/05/yield-rate-sees-slight-decline-at-yale.html

    Yale is fishy with the anticipated matriculates, but I will use 1350 as the expected.

    Those two sources are the only available. We can guess otherwise, but I think it should be good enough to use for the YAR. It would not change the order of rankings.

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  4. NYCFanAugust 20, 2010 at 3:04 PM

    A better interim approach would be to use last year's net matriculation numbers - viz: 1,305 at Yale and 1,320 at Princeton.

    You are correct that the reported matriculation numbers at Yale have to be watched closely, since they have been known to include those who have been admitted, but who have deferred a year and are not among those reporting for class in the fall.

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  5. MathacleAugust 20, 2010 at 4:31 PM

    Harvard and Stanford had a good year. But, I am more worried about the new admission guy at Stanford. He could play a don't-care policy like Princeton did to drag everyone's yield down, especially after the USNews put Stanford behind Columbia. We could see Princeton's yield down below 50% if this guy tries to admit 70% of those would-be cross-admits.

    We can tell what he is going to do after December 15

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  6. NYCFanAugust 20, 2010 at 7:59 PM

    I don't agree.

    The new Stanford admissions guy strikes me as a "don't rock the boat" careerist, unlikely to take any dramatic steps.

    It must be remembered that he was hand-picked for the job by a dean who is a fairly conservative, old-line ED-favoring kind of guy.

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