numbersguy

Here are the 2009 admissions statistics just released:

Change from 2008

Applicants 14,352 +415

Admits 3,842 +320

Admit rate 26.77% +1.5

SAT middle 50% 1390-1500 1370-1490

SAT average 1434 +7

ACT middle 50% 32-34 same

ACT average 32.6 +.2


Note: Total applications increased, even though the number of Early Action applications decreased over the prior year. Possibly a result of the first year for the common application at ND.

hawkswim09

not that big jump in applications, but they accepted 320 more which is probably a reaction to problems with the economy. not as many people will attend, or so they think, because of the financial commitment.

ww007

How many more or less were waitlisted compared to last year?

snwrider2007

does anyone have an idea what their retention rate will be this year - or guess it? with respect to the economy?

MiPerson80

i was told by an admissions officer that they had expected more than 17000 applications so this is strange becasue it should have gone up a lot more wiht the use of the common app.

hawkswim09

ya the number of total applications seem a little low. usually when a school transfers the to the common app, you see a spike in application numbers

numbersguy

I would imagine the economy and the lack of merit based financial aid (vs. Vanderbilt, Rice, WashU) probably held down the number of common app students who might otherwise have tried in a more normal year.

ww007

Any idea of the amount waitlisted compared to last year?

irish68178

It could have even been the cost to apply. The reason the common app increases applications is you have more students who are applying to ND on a whim since it is convenient (if they really wanted to go that badly, they would have done the old app last year). If it is on a whim, you may not want to pay the $50, or whatever it is now.

numbersguy

No waitlist data was available.

hawkswim09

the waitlist data will be released probably in May/June when they figure out how many actually accepted their spot on waitlist and how many are accepted from it after they find out how many students enroll that were accepted

kaydog

Irish- I don't understand your point. There was an application fee last year, correct?

I'm surprised that the applications didn't increase more, as it seems like it did at many elite schools. Also, Common Ap would have increased the total dramatically. I wonder what a geographical slice would look like. Seems like several southern schools (UVA, Vandy, Emory, Wake) all had large jumps in applications, perhaps at the expense of ND.

hawkswim09

ya....kaydog, i realized this at my school, personally. i am from the northeast, but a lot of the top of my class did not apply to ND but instead the schools you listed and duke and unc, for example.

Daggerman

My school and Notre Dame were an interesting case this year. I attend a somewhat competitive private school in California and usually anywhere from 1-3 in a given class get into Notre Dame from 5-10 applications. This year at least 9 have gotten in without a significant increase of apps in the class.

claremarie

My son's school had the opposite situation. In previous years, the majority of ND applicants were accepted. This year, it was less than 20%, with no increase in applicants.