Admitted students yield at record rate

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<li> As Papa Chicken said, Amherst is good on providing SAT #s for applied, accepted, and enrolled. For Class of 2010 (scroll to page 4): <a href=“http://www.amherst.edu/about_amh/ssr/amherstcollege_ssr2010.pdf[/url]”>http://www.amherst.edu/about_amh/ssr/amherstcollege_ssr2010.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<p>CR scores:</p>

<pre><code> Applied Accepted Enrolled
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<p>Mean 693 723 711
Mid-50% 650-750 680-790 670-770</p>

<p>The data is broken down by 50-point ranges. By the way, the percentages shown in the table in the link are for columns (not rows). That is, the table shows that the percentage of accepted students with CR scores from 750-800 is 45% (not that 45% of kids with CR scores from 750-800 are accepted).</p>

<p>And the data illustrate perfectly why the enrolled #s are somewhat lower than the accepted. Those with 750-800 CR scores constitute 45% of the accepted students; but those with 750-800 CR scores constitute only 38% of the enrolled students. For every other 50-point range, the % of those in that range in the enrolled group is equal to or greater than the % of those in that range in the accepted group. </p>

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<li><pre><code> As for the dubious way that Middlebury used to report its SAT scores (but no longer does), that has already been explained. But its effect really was quite dramatic – most particularly at the 25% end of the mid-50% range, which is just what you would expect . Thus, for HS Class of 2003 (college class of 2007), US News reported a mid-50% range for Middlebury of 1370-1490. That was, how shall we put it: nuts. At the time, the 25% numbers for Williams, Amherst, and Swarthmore were, respectively, 1310, 1320, 1340. Hell, the 25% number for Princeton was 1370. (“I knew Jack Kennedy; Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine; Senator, Middlebury is no Princeton.” Google it.)
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<li><p>Papa Chicken’s point on the omission of the Middlebury February admits from the acceptance numbers, when February admits are both a non-trivial number and accepted from the same applicant pool as the September admits, is well taken.</p></li>
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