2010 SCEA Admission Rate 14.5%

Idiosyncra3y
Thu, 16 Dec 2010 16:01:26 +0000

Not entirely sure of the some of your points there JHS? What you say about Harvard and Princeton is true; the fact that they no longer have EA options makes students of that calibre far more likely to apply to Yale, and so Yale’s EA applicants should have gone up but that was 5 years ago. Yale should now have 5 years of data showing the yield they expect from EA.

The point about money though is not good IMO. Yale has upped its finaid by 8% this year, and is one of the schools to have best survived the recession. Price should not be an issue.

I do completely agree with your end point - So the early admit numbers go up slightly. Not a big deal. - an extra 30 odd in EA will make little or no difference. I just find the 57% stat slightly shocking. Even with only a 2 in 3 yeild, that is 39% of the class filled having decided on only 2250 applicants (760 accepted, 1500 rejected). Based on last year, that leaves 25000+ applicants competing for 60%. Now, IF EA is that much more competitive, so be it, but it seems a little ridiculous that about 9% of applicants get 39% of places.