Columbia Accepted too Many?

limabeans
Fri, 02 Apr 2010 10:24:49 +0000

Caramel: all schools over-enroll. They know not all students will accept their acceptance. (That yield would be 100%) The yield is more predictable, based on historical data.

With an increase of applications this year, they decreased their acceptance rate, and quite possibly anticipate the same yield. If anything, they might have decreased their yield too (from 61% to 60%?), assuming many students applied to many schools.

Example: take a look at Anonymous93’s results (in the RD thread). She applied to 30 schools. Got rejected from 1 and accepted everywhere else. She can’t possibly attend all 29, so she’ll turn down 28 offers. But, years ago, students applied to 1-3 schools, not 30!