Admission statistics for Class of 2015

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<p>As the results for the regular decision round come in, here a few of the notable announcements. </p>

<p>Princeton University has offered admission to 2,282 students, or 8.39 percent, of the record 27,189 applications for the class of 2015 in what may be the most selective admission process in the University’s history.</p>

<p>Beyond the 2,282 students offered admission to the class of 2015, an additional 1,248 were offered positions on the wait list.</p>

<p>[Princeton</a> University - Princeton makes offers to 8.39 percent of applicants in record admission cycle](<a href=“http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S30/15/00I77/index.xml?section=topstories]Princeton”>http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S30/15/00I77/index.xml?section=topstories)</p>

<p>Stanford offered admission to 2,427 students out of 34,348 applicants to the Class of 2015.</p>

<p>This brings Stanford’s current admit rate to nearly 7.1 percent, compared to 7.2 percent last year. Among the admitted students, 754 had applied through the early action program and received an offer of admission in December. </p>

<p>According to the Office of Undergraduate Admission, an additional 1,078 applicants have been placed on the waitlist and will hear from Stanford, pending matriculation results.</p>

<p>[Stanford</a> accepts 2,427 high school applicants | Stanford Daily](<a href=“http://www.stanforddaily.com/2011/03/29/stanford-accepts-2427-high-school-applicants/]Stanford”>Stanford accepts 2,427 high school applicants)</p>

<p>MIT received 17,909 applications for admission --an 8% increase over last year-- and admitted 1715 students for an admit rate of 9.6%, or fewer than one of every ten applicants. </p>

<p>[MIT</a> Admissions | Blog Entry: “MIT Admissions Decisions Now Available Online”](<a href=“http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/apply/the_selection_process_application_reading_committee_and_decisions/mit_admissions_decisions_now_a.shtml]MIT”>http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/apply/the_selection_process_application_reading_committee_and_decisions/mit_admissions_decisions_now_a.shtml)</p>

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<p>Vanderbilt received a total of 24,756 applications (14% increase in applications from 2010)and admitted 15.45%. </p>

<p>Applications from underrepresented students grew 15.7% from 2010, demonstrating our continued commitment to diversity. As a result of our increasing international reputation, international applications grew 27.5% from 2010 </p>

<p>[Vanderbilt</a> Class of 2015 Admission Decisions Mailed Today | The Vandy Admissions Blog | Vanderbilt University](<a href=“http://admissions.vanderbilt.edu/vandybloggers/2011/03/vanderbilt-class-of-2015-admission-decisions-mailed-today/]Vanderbilt”>Vanderbilt Class of 2015 Admission Decisions Mailed Today | The Vandy Admissions Blog | Vanderbilt University)</p>

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<p>Wow, makes the waiting to hear from Harvard, Princeton and Yale even harder.</p>

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<p>NU received 30,975 applications for freshmen admission, up 12% from last year and up 22% from two years ago and admitted a total of 5,573 students, or a record low 18% of the applicant pool. Last year, NU admitted 23% of the applicants, and two years ago 27% of the applicants.</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/northwestern-university/1114541-nu-overall-acceptance-rate-18-down-27-just-2-years-ago.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/northwestern-university/1114541-nu-overall-acceptance-rate-18-down-27-just-2-years-ago.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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I guess whoever wrote this press release didn’t have much regard for the math ability of people reading it.</p>

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<p>xiggi is our guy.</p>

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<p>More information can be found here on 2015 applications:</p>

<p>[Ivy</a> League Admission Statistics for Class of 2015 Hernandez College Consulting, Inc. and Ivy League Admission Help](<a href=“http://www.hernandezcollegeconsulting.com/ivy-league-admissions-statistics/#]Ivy”>http://www.hernandezcollegeconsulting.com/ivy-league-admissions-statistics/#)</p>

<p>A lot of schools saw significant increases this year. Also interesting to note some of the liberal arts school changes as you scroll down this link.</p>

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<p>From U Wisconsin Madison Bolg:
It’s unfortunate, but it’s a fact of life. Not everyone who applies to UW-Madison gets admitted. This year was one of the most competitive years for admission into UW-Madison on record. In the past, we’ve received an average of about 25,000 applications for freshman admission. This past year, we received over 28,500! That is unprecedented. Keep in mind that we only have openings for about 5,700-5,800 incoming freshmen each year. Plus, we’re under strict instructions from the Chancellor not to over-enroll the freshman class. The bottom line: we have more qualified applicants applying to UW-Madison than we have available space.</p>

<p>[Wisconsin</a> Blogs - Office of Admissions at the University of Wisconsin-Madison](<a href=“http://www.admissions.wisc.edu/blogs/2011/03/30/your-road-to-uw-madison/]Wisconsin”>http://www.admissions.wisc.edu/blogs/2011/03/30/your-road-to-uw-madison/)</p>

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<p>Last year, UW-Madison admitted 14,423 out of 25,522 applications for a 56.5 percent admission rate. 5,920 students enrolled for a Fall 2010 41 percent yield.</p>

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<p>Nearly 35,000 students applied to Harvard College this year and 2,158, or 6.2 percent, were accepted into the class of 2015, the college has announced.</p>

<p>The letters bearing the good news to accepted applicants were mailed today, the school said in a statement.</p>

<p>As expected, the accepted students have stellar academic backgrounds, with about 45 percent of them scoring 700 or above on one or more portions of the Scholastic Aptitude Test. Eleven percent of the accepted students are the highest-ranked in their high school classes.</p>

<p>The admitted class is also diverse. The accepted students were 17.8 percent Asian-American, 11.8 percent African-American, and 12.1 percent Latino. Ten percent of those admitted are foreign citizens, the university said.</p>

<p>“Although it is difficult to make precise comparisons to previous years because of changes in federal requirements concerning the collection and reporting of race and ethnicity information, it is likely that the percentages of African-American and Latino students are records,” the school said. </p>

<p>Just over 51 percent of the admitted students are men. </p>

<p>According to Harvard, more than 60 percent of the admitted students will receive need-based scholarships, averaging more than $40,000, thanks to a record $160 million in available financial aid. </p>

<p>[Harvard</a> accepts a diverse class of 2015](<a href=“http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2011/03/harvard_accepts.html]Harvard”>http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2011/03/harvard_accepts.html)</p>

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<p>Brown is posting an 8.7% admit rate for Class of 2015, I believe.</p>

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<p>[Brown</a> admits 2,692 for Class of 2015 | Brown University News and Events](<a href=“http://news.brown.edu/pressreleases/2011/03/2015]Brown”>Brown admits 2,692 for Class of 2015 | News from Brown)</p>

<p>The Office of College Admission at Brown University is making official offers of admission to 2,692 applicants for its Class of 2015. Those offers, posted online at the University’s admission Web site after 5 p.m. EDT, represent 8.7 percent of applicants from a total of 30,946, Brown’s largest applicant pool ever.</p>

<p>Highlights of the admitted Class of 2015 include:</p>

<p>The pool: The total of 30,946 applicants is about a 3-percent increase over last year. Brown has experienced a 50-percent surge in applications over the last three years.
United States: Students from all 50 states were admitted. The top states were California (393), New York (322), Massachusetts (216), New Jersey (141), and Texas (101).
International: Students from 79 nations are represented in the admitted class. The top countries were China (57), India (34), United Kingdom (33), Korea (30), and Canada (28).
Gender: Of the admitted class, 51 percent are women.
First generation: Seventeen percent of the admitted candidates are the first generation in their families to attend college.
Financial aid: Nearly two-thirds of the admitted class applied for financial aid.
Diversity: The admitted class is the most racially, socio-economically, and geographically diverse class in Brown’s history.
Academic interest: The admitted class plans to study physical sciences (33 percent), social sciences (25 percent), life and medical sciences (22 percent) and humanities (16 percent). About 4 percent of students are undecided.
Concentrations: The most popular intended concentrations are engineering, biology, international relations, economics, and human biology</p>

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<p>Yale admitted 2,006 of 27,282 applicants to the freshman class for the 2011-2012 school year. The admission rate dropped to 7.35% from 7.5% last year.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2011/mar/30/breaking-admission-rate-735-percent/[/url]”>http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2011/mar/30/breaking-admission-rate-735-percent/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Do you think same 30,000 of kids applied to all of those schools? I just hope they spread some of its sunshine.</p>

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<p>The School of Engineering and Applied Science admitted 9.9 percent of applicants, for an overall admit rate of 6.9 percent for the two schools—lower than the the most competitive rate in the Ivy League last year, which was Harvard’s 6.92 percent. The admit rate for Columbia College dropped to its lowest point ever—just 6.4 percent for the class of 2015. </p>

<p>Those numbers represent a significant drop from last year, when the College admitted 8.3 percent of applicants and the combined admit rate for CC and SEAS was 9.2 percent.</p>

<p>The total number of applicants for both Columbia College and the SEAS was 34,929, a 33 percent increase over last year.</p>

<p>This year, over 3,000 more students applied to the College than applied to the College and SEAS combined last year—a spike which may be partially due to Columbia’s switch to the Common Application.</p>

<p>The increase in selectivity is consistent with the numbers released last December, when Columbia officials said that Early Decision numbers had also broken a record, with 3,217 applicants—up from 2,983 the year before.</p>

<p>[Columbia</a> College admit rate drops to 6.4 percent](<a href=“http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2011/03/30/cc-admit-rate-drops-64-percent]Columbia”>http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2011/03/30/cc-admit-rate-drops-64-percent)</p>

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<p>xiggi: I presume that the 6.4% admit rate to Columbia College is not equivalent to 6.2% Harvard College due to the ED process at Columbia.</p>

<p>In other words the acceptance rate at Columbia would have been much higher in the absence of ED.</p>

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<p>[Dartmouth</a> Admits 9.7 Percent of Applicants for Class of 2015|Dartmouth Now](<a href=“http://now.dartmouth.edu/2011/03/dartmouth-admits-9-7-percent-of-applicants-for-class-of-2015/]Dartmouth”>http://now.dartmouth.edu/2011/03/dartmouth-admits-9-7-percent-of-applicants-for-class-of-2015/)</p>

<p>After processing 22,385 applications, a College record, Dartmouth is offering admission to 2,178 students, or 9.7 percent of the applicant pool, to the Class of 2015. The total offered admission includes the 444 students admitted through early decision. In 2010, the rate of admission was 11.5 percent which, at the time, was the most competitive year the College had ever experienced.</p>

<p>Laskaris credits the College’s partnership with Questbridge in helping to broaden the socioeconomic diversity and academic strength of the applicant pool. Questbridge is a non-profit program that links bright, motivated, low-income students with educational and scholarship opportunities at highly selective colleges and universities.</p>

<p>After a one-time increase in the size of the incoming class of 2014, the projected enrollment for the Class of 2015 will return to prior levels. “After consultation with faculty and senior officers, our goal is to matriculate 1,100 first year students in September,” Laskaris said. “We will continue to consider the question of optimal size of the student body, particularly within the context of the strategic planning process.”</p>

<p>The Class of 2015 was selected in a fully need-blind process. Approximately half of the entering class will receive need-based financial aid awards and the total undergraduate financial aid budget is projected to grow to $80 million. This year, the College has reintroduced modest loans into the financial aid awards for those students whose family incomes are greater than $75,000.</p>

<p>“We are committed to working with families,” said Laskaris, “and we will of course match any need-based financial aid awards from our Ivy peers. We feel strongly that students should base their matriculation decision on factors such as academic opportunities and ‘fit,’ not on small differences in the amount of financial aid they receive.”</p>

<p>Other facts and figures about the Class of 2015 include:</p>

<p>1,100 men and 1078 women
Admitted students come from 49 states and 54 countries.
Students hail from:</p>

<ul>
<li>New England – 16 percent</li>
<li>Mid-Atlantic region – 25 percent</li>
<li>Mid-West – 12 percent</li>
<li>South – 19 percent</li>
<li>West Coast – 21 percent</li>
<li>Outside the United States – 7 percent</li>
</ul>

<p>Of those ranked by their secondary schools, 40 percent are valedictorians and 10 percent are salutatorians. In total, 94 percent are in the top 10 percent of their class.
The mean SAT scores are: 734 for Critical Reading, 740 for Math and 744 for Writing.
44% are students of color.
Nearly 11% of the group admitted are students who are first generation college students.
186 legacy applicants, representing 8.5% of the overall admitted group, have been admitted to the Class of 2015.
7.3 percent of the admitted group are international students.</p>

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<p>That 6.4 percent is not only not comparable to Harvard’s 6.2 percent because of the absence of ED, but also because it paints an incomplete picture. While most schools do rely on the ED crutches or extensive use of the waitlists, Columbia adds another dimension as they “try” to present the numbers for the College and the Engineering school separately. Even Duke does not do that. :slight_smile: </p>

<p>Transparency and clarity are concepts that have yet to impress the officials at Columbia. For instance, it would be nice to see their Common Data Set, and perhaps an explanation of how several reported numbers such as percent of students in the top 10 percent “improved” rapidly from one year to the other.</p>

<p>Hokus Pokus!</p>

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<p>[Regular</a> decision admit rate drops to 9.5 percent | The Daily Pennsylvanian](<a href=“http://www.dailypennsylvanian.com/article/regular-decision-admit-rate-drops-95-percent]Regular”>http://www.dailypennsylvanian.com/article/regular-decision-admit-rate-drops-95-percent)</p>

<p>Penn’s overall acceptance rate is 12.3 percent, down from 14.2 percent last year. This number also marks a record low, Dean of Admissions Eric Furda said. </p>

<p>On Wednesday, the Admissions Office reported that 9.5 percent of regular decision applicants were admitted to the Class of 2015, down from 11.4 percent last year. This marks the first time that the University’s regular decision acceptance rate has dipped below the 10-percent mark. </p>

<p>This admissions cycle, the University admitted a total of 3,880 of 31,659 students, Furda said. Last year, 26,938 students applied and 3,830 were accepted.</p>

<p>The target enrollment across all four undergraduate schools is 2,420 students.</p>

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<p>[Cornell</a> Sees Record Number of Undergrad Applications | The Cornell Daily Sun](<a href=“http://cornellsun.com/section/news/content/2011/03/30/cornell-sees-record-number-undergrad-applications]Cornell”>http://cornellsun.com/section/news/content/2011/03/30/cornell-sees-record-number-undergrad-applications)</p>

<p>Cornell received its highest number of undergraduate applications ever, according to admissions statistics released today as thousands of high schoolers discovered whether they would have a place in the Sesquicentennial Class of 2015. 36,392 people applied for spots in next year’s freshman class, beating last year’s total number of applications by less than one percent.</p>

<p>The overall admit rate for both Early Decision and Regular Decision was 18 percent, a slight decrease from the 2010 admit rate of 18.4 percent.</p>

<p>This year, a total of 6,534 applicants were admitted, according to a report from the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. Out of this total, 1,228 applicants were admitted Early Decision and 5,306 were admitted Regular Decision.</p>

<p>In addition to the applicants accepted, 2,988 students were offered a place on the waitlist, compared to 2,563 from last year.</p>