While you wait for results, here’s some trivia from USNWR and other sources:
1970
Yale 20% Admission Rate 1350-1550 25th-75th percentile SAT range
Columbia 24% Admitted 1341-1438 Range
Penn 43% Admitted 1370-1440 Range
WashU 56% Admitted 1180-1380 Range
USC 70% Admitted 1070-1310 Range
Chicago 71% Admitted 1270-1470 Range
You were a likely admit with a 1500 at Yale, 1400 at Columbia and Penn, and 1300 at WashU, USC and Chicago.
~1995: University of Chicago: 68% Acceptance Rate
~1998: George Washington University: 80% Acceptance Rate
1995 Yale 22%
2000 Yale 16.2%
2015 Yale 6.7%
Miscellaneous info:
In 2000 USC had total enrollment of 28,500. Currently 43,000.
USC acceptance rates within last 15 years:
2003 29.9%
2005 27%
2010 24.3
2013 19.6
2015 17.8%
UChicago was 40% in 2005 and is 8% today
Vanderbilt was 40% acceptance in 2005 to 11% last year
Of course a lot of these crazy figures at all schools are because there are a zillion more applying (whether paid or with fee waivers) than a decade ago and certainly more than 20-30 years ago. I read that schools that market that they meet 100% of financial need get a lot of “extra” applications because of people misunderstanding that to mean free money, not realizing that often includes loans for both parents and student.
Also Common App went online in 1998
Just some totally random info that I ran across and thought I’d share… 