Colleges where applying RD may not be worth the bother

pishicaca
Wed, 05 Jan 2022 15:23:06 +0000

The notion that schools are trying to maximize yield and/or minimize acceptance rate with the goal of bettering their ranking is one of the most pervasive falsehoods perpetuated on this site. Those citing it seem to prefer to add their yell into the echo chamber rather than take a few minutes to view the factors used by the rankings publications and see that neither is present. It’s become an easy, convenient and incorrect way to vent frustration with specific schools and the the overall admissions process.

Driving yield and acceptance rate have many benefits for colleges but improving ranking through those metrics isn’t one of them.