<p>CSIHSIS: As others have said, outside of HYPSM, high yield is generally attributed to use of Early Decision. ED is a great way to boost yield by ensuring that a portion of your admitted class (sometimes up to 50%) is nearly guaranteed to enroll at a 100% clip. </p>
<p>UChicago’s yield is quite surprisingly good, I think. For pretty much any school outside of the tippy top (HYPSM), an open-market yield of about 50%, with no use of ED, is quite impressive. Duke, for example, uses ED but has a 42% yield. Dartmouth, even with ED, has a 49% yield. </p>
<p>So, UChicago’s yield is very strong. Of interest, I’m curious to see whether UChicago will use ED in the future - it’s conceivable that the overall yield would rise to 60-65% with such a change.</p>