<p>I understand what you’re saying Guitars101 (I would think that Princeton could be pretty confident that they weren’t anyone’s safety school though! Maybe he was suggesting other schools do this?) I don’t doubt that colleges want high yield numbers (though I believe US News no longer reports them.) But I’m a pragmatist at heart. IMO applicants ought to find the most reliable information they can (as you suggest) and then focus on the part of the process they have the most control over–putting together a great applicaton and expressing true interest in the school (even if it’s a safety). Maybe I’m naive but I think that this can make a difference to an admissions committee. I think a slipshod application with a generic essay can give the impression that a school isn’t an applicants top choice. I wonder how often that’s a factor in rejections from schools that an applicant “should have gotten into.”</p>