<p>Ewho, I am well aware of what many consider to be Princeton’s admission deficiencies. I agree with almost all of your post; that does not change the fact that my previous post was valid.</p>
<p>1). Location has, does, and will play a factor in app numbers and yield. I’m on the west coast, and Stanford received the largest number of apps besides the state u from my school. Why? “it’s Ivy-quality and is in Cali.” I hear it all the time. Even my headmaster has told me that, and was surprised when I picked Princeton. Also, Stanford has been stepping up advertising even in areas where it gets a lot of applicants. This is obviously a good thing. Harvard does this every year. Yale does do this to a lesser degree, and Princeton does not do it at all. The app numbers are therefore totally consistent with what I said earlier. Princeton has already started aggressive marketing for next year’s seniors, so let’s see where that takes us.</p>
<p>2). I still don’t see why yield/admit rate matters at all. It is not a measure of the quality of the student body or anything else except the amount of time/effort put into boosti g h number of apps; this itself is not even better unless the student body becomes stronger. That’s all I’m saying.</p>