<p>I looked more closely at the statistics posted. Last year, 21.8 % of the students admitted through the RD process attended Wes (425/1949). This year, Wes is projecting that 21.1 % of the students admitted through RD will attend Wes (395/1864). If last year’s projection prevails, they will in fact have 406 RD students. As I said in my earlier post, Wes has most likely lowered their yield estimate because they know from experience that students, for example, with SAT scores in the 750-800 range are less likely to enroll at Wes after being offered admission than students in the 700-750 range. Because their profile of admitted students improved by 20-30 points for each SAT test, their overall yield should decline (even if their yield for the 750-800 range applicant does not decline or possibly improves slightly). What we don’t know is how Wes adjusted their yield projections for the 750-800 range applicants. Are they being too pessimistic for that category of applicant? Remember, the RD pool did not apply ED and with such high scores they should have other good options. Having looked at the numbers closely, though, I think there is a risk that Wes will enroll an extra ten students beyond what they’ve indicated they want. The admission office may have been asked to err on the high side because of the need for additional revenue. I would be surprised to see Wes get to its waitlist this year.</p>