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<p>[Yale</a> Daily News - Early admit rate plunges to 13.4 percent](<a href=“http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/university-news/2008/12/15/early-admit-rate-plunges-to-134-percent/]Yale”>http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/university-news/2008/12/15/early-admit-rate-plunges-to-134-percent/)</p>
<p>Thank you, John. I stand corrected and am embarrassed that I hadn’t noticed (or had forgotten about!) the change. As you can see from the above article, the 88% figure had been the standard for Yale’s SCEA yield before Harvard and Princeton dropped their early programs. When they did, it appears that the Yale SCEA yield dropped to 80% that first year for the Class of 2012 and then 77% last year according to submissions to The College Board. </p>
<p>[College</a> Search - Yale University - Admission](<a href=“College Search - BigFuture | College Board”>College Search - BigFuture | College Board)</p>
<p>We won’t know what it is this year until the numbers are reported next fall but given the use of the waitlist, one or both of the yields (RD, SCEA or both) declined again this year.</p>
<p>[Yale</a> Daily News - Yield rate sees slight decline](<a href=“http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/university-news/2010/05/27/yield-rate-sees-slight-decline/]Yale”>http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/university-news/2010/05/27/yield-rate-sees-slight-decline/)</p>
<p>I agree with JHS that yield means relatively little these days, given the wide variety of ways in which it can be artificially increased. I disagree, however, regarding the likelihood that Harvard and Princeton will switch back. If the quality of Princeton’s classes began to decline, I’m sure the change would be considered. As it is, the opposite is taking place. The classes are actually getting stronger and it appears to be related to dropping the early program.</p>