<p>Check out this data I gathered from the Northeastern CDS reports:</p>
<p>2001:</p>
<p>National Class Size -> 2,848,000 </p>
<p>Males -> 4,737 / 7,556 (62.90%)
Females -> 5,418 / 8,617 (60.01%)
Gap (m:f) -> 1,061
Total -> 10,155 / 16,173 (62.78%) </p>
<p>Yield -> 28.88%
Class -> 2,933</p>
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<p>2002:</p>
<p>National Class Size -> 2,908,000</p>
<p>Males -> 4,856 / 7,719 (62.90%)
Females -> 5,598 / 9,318 (60.01%)
Gap (m:f) -> 1,599
Total -> 10,454 / 17,037 (61.36%) </p>
<p>Yield -> 28.44%
Class -> 2,974</p>
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<p>2003: </p>
<p>National Class Size -> 3,021,000</p>
<p>Males -> 4,489 / 9,359 (47.96%)
Females -> 5,711 / 12,125 (47.10%)
Gap (m:f) -> 2,766
Total -> 10,200 / 21,484 (47.47%) </p>
<p>Yield -> 31.31%
Class -> 3,194</p>
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<p>2004:</p>
<p>National Class Size -> 3,057,000</p>
<p>Males -> 4,668 / 10,747 (43.43%)
Females -> 5,676 / 13,689 (41.46%)
Gap (m:f) -> 2,942
Total -> 10,344 / 24,436 (42.33%) </p>
<p>Yield -> 26.85%
Class -> 2,778</p>
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<p>2005: </p>
<p>National Class Size -> 3,176,000</p>
<p>Males -> 5,425 / 11,149 (48.65%)
Females -> 6,533 / 14,318 (45.62%)
Gap (m:f) -> 3,169
Total -> 11,958 / 25,467 (46.95%)</p>
<p>Yield -> 23.67%
Class -> 2,831</p>
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<p>2006: </p>
<p>National Class Size -> 3,232,000</p>
<p>Males -> 5,534 / 11,944 (46.3%)
Females -> 6,639 / 15,224 (43.6%)
Gap (m:f) -> 3,280
Total -> 12,173 / 27,168 (44.8%)</p>
<p>Yield -> 24.27%
Class -> 2,955</p>
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<p>As you can see, there’s an obvious uptrend in female applicants. In 2003 there was a 20.7% jump in applicants while the national class size only increased 3.7%. They try to keep a class size hovering under 3k but it was obviously hard to predict yield in 2003 with such a jump in applicants. </p>
<p>Any projections for this year?</p>