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newmassdad - Get your stats right, please. Tulane’s dismal yield is 16%. LOL. It is all so meaningless, though. Tulane was simply trying to survive after Katrina and had no idea if people would return at all, much less continue to apply. In fact the year after Katrina the class size was very small. Then everything exploded. Tulane wasn’t and isn’t particularly worried about yield or admission %, they are completely focused on the fact that this admissions strategy has not only given them very full classes (actually oversubscribed by almost 10% this year, 1640 freshmen compared to a target of 1500), but the past 4 classes have been the best in school history, academically. That last point is, after all, the real goal, isn’t it? Anyway, I think the article kind of missed the point there.</p>
<p>Schools that are top 15 or so are in a different category, and really cannot be compared to schools like Tulane that have more room to move “up” in that regard. In any case, I fail to see what the issue really is anyway, and why getting lots of apps is a bad thing, other than the amount of work admissions has to do. The whole argument that kids are “misled” into thinking they have a chance is pretty thin, IMO. I am sure it happens, but with the internet and the incredible ease of being able to compare your statistics to the school’s typical admit, one would have to be pretty unaware to think they can get into Harvard or whatever with mediocre credentials.</p>