<p>The yield for the class of 2013 exceeded expectations, as 1,327 students of those 1,951 admitted matriculated. Yale Admissions had aimed to enroll 1,310.</p>
<p>[Yale</a> Daily News - Yield rate beats expectations](<a href=“http://yaledailynews.com/articles/view/29058]Yale”>http://yaledailynews.com/articles/view/29058)</p>
<p>Bad news for waitlisted students…</p>
<p>I was just about to post this. </p>
<p>Apparently, as of now, they are over-enrolled and are not looking to take people off the waitlist :(.</p>
<p>does that mean there’s not enough space/dorms for all of us?</p>
<p>I don’t think that will be an issue. Students committed to Yale who get in off the wait list at their other top choices will take away from the over-enrollment. If this doesn’t happen… well, then 17 extra people aren’t going to make much of a difference in the grand scheme of things.</p>
<p>lol… off only by 17 people… that’s pinpoint accuracy in my book. </p>
<p>they must use very accurate statistical models.</p>
<p>i will be matriculating in 2 years’ time, if that one extra spot helps ><</p>
<p>^ Wow… how did you delay matriculation for two years?</p>
<p>singapore has mandatory military service for two years</p>
<p>"An additional 20 admitted students chose to postpone admission for a year, and they were not counted in Yale’s yield rate, Brenzel said. "</p>
<p>So I don’t think they’re figuring in the people who postponed matriculation as part of the 17 extra students. </p>
<p>And yeah, eatingfood is right. They’re just expecting a few people who are on the waitlist at like HPSM (and prefer that school over Yale) to get off the waitlist at those schools and cancel their spot at Yale. So, they still MIGHT take some kids off the waitlist if this happens to a bunch of kids. And again, even if it doesn’t… well I’m sure they figure in the fact that they might undershoot their expected class size. I don’t think it will cause any problems for 2013. The only people this hurts is the waitlisted kids. :(</p>
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And the 17 x 3 kids that could end up in forced triples. Other than that you are right.</p>
<p>smoda: there have been other years with higher than expected matriculants. There’s generally other available housing – I don’t recall forced triples.</p>
<p>Then, like many have concluded, there should be no drawbacks except for those who are waitlisted.</p>
<p>smoda, there is annexed housing that’s generally very close to old campus/res colleges that gives more room to compensate for being slightly off the college. There’s not going to be any problems.</p>
<p>I know this is off-topic, but I was wondering if someone could answer this question: We’ve all heard that the class of 2009 high school graduates was the largest size class to date. Would anyone happen to know approximately how many U.S. high school graduates there are this year (2009)?</p>
<p>[Knocking</a> at the College Door, 1988 to 2018 : Highlights](<a href=“http://www.wiche.edu/policy/knocking/1988-2018/highlights2.asp]Knocking”>http://www.wiche.edu/policy/knocking/1988-2018/highlights2.asp)</p>
<p>2.9 million public HS grads. Private/Parochial grads not noted but are typically 10% of public.</p>
<p>In 2007 the Census Bureau projected 3,328,000 total high school graduates in 2008 and 3,327,000 in 2009.</p>