| Usually when acceptance rates are given, they refer to what percentage were accepted of those who applied, and NOT to how many actually matriculate.
Example....if a school auditions 400 students and accepts 40 students to yield 20 slots in the class, the acceptance rate is stated as 10%, even though 5% will actually enter the freshman class. In fact, it is a misconception when some people will say, as in my example, "400 auditioned and they only take 20!" because they know that 20 are in the freshman class, but truly the school accepted 40 to get those 20. This is just an example and there is great variation. However, acceptance rates mean admit rate, not based on how many slots are available or how many matriculate. |