Early Applications Growth/Decline, class of 2017

Applying to College
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<p>EA or ED growth or decline relative to last year</p>

<p>Brown +1% [Early</a> applications rise for class of 2017 - The Brown Daily Herald - Serving the community daily since 1891](<a href=“http://www.browndailyherald.com/early-applications-rise-for-class-of-2017-1.2792546]Early”>http://www.browndailyherald.com/early-applications-rise-for-class-of-2017-1.2792546)</p>

<p>Chicago +19.5% [Early</a> Action applications to UChicago set new record | UChicago News](<a href=“http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2012/11/13/early-action-applications-uchicago-set-new-record]Early”>Early Action applications to UChicago set new record)</p>

<p>Dartmouth (-12.5%) [TheDartmouth.com:</a> Early applicant pool sees decline](<a href=“http://thedartmouth.com/2012/11/13/news/early]TheDartmouth.com:”>http://thedartmouth.com/2012/11/13/news/early)</p>

<p>Georgetown +0.5% [Early</a> Applications Hit Record High - News - The Hoya](<a href=“http://www.thehoya.com/news/early-applications-hit-record-high-1.2955333]Early”>http://www.thehoya.com/news/early-applications-hit-record-high-1.2955333)</p>

<p>Johns Hopkins +1.5% [Early</a> Decision numbers increase by 22 applicants | The Johns Hopkins News-Letter](<a href=“http://www.jhunewsletter.com/2012/11/15/early-decision-numbers-increase-by-22-applicants-32911/]Early”>Early Decision numbers increase by 22 applicants - The Johns Hopkins News-Letter)</p>

<p>Penn +5.6% [The</a> Daily Pennsylvanian :: Early decision applications reach all-time high](<a href=“http://www.thedp.com/article/2012/11/early-decision-applications-reach-all-time-high]The”>Early decision applications reach all-time high | The Daily Pennsylvanian)</p>

<p>Princeton +10% [Princeton</a> early admission applications jump 10 percent - The Daily Princetonian](<a href=“http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2012/11/17/31858/]Princeton”>http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2012/11/17/31858/)</p>

<p>Virginia >+10% [14,000</a> apply early to UVa - Washington DC College admissions | Examiner.com](<a href=“Examiner is back - Examiner.com”>Examiner is back - Examiner.com)</p>

<p>Yale +4.4% [Early</a> applications rise | Yale Daily News](<a href=“http://yaledailynews.com/blog/2012/11/16/early-applications-rise/]Early”>Early applications rise - Yale Daily News)</p>

<p>all I can find at the moment…please post any news</p>

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<p>Duke (-2.6%) <a href=“http://m.dukechronicle.com/article/duke-early-decision-applications-drop-70#/article/duke-early-decision-applications-drop-70[/url]”>http://m.dukechronicle.com/article/duke-early-decision-applications-drop-70#/article/duke-early-decision-applications-drop-70&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Columbia +1.3% [CC</a>, SEAS ED application numbers rise by 1.3%](<a href=“http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2012/11/20/cc-seas-early-decision-application-numbers-13]CC”>http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2012/11/20/cc-seas-early-decision-application-numbers-13)</p>

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<p>Northwestern +7% [NU</a> early decision applications hit all-time high | Evanston Now](<a href=“http://evanstonnow.com/story/education/northwestern-news/2012-11-21/53324/nu-early-decision-applications-hit-all-time-high]NU”>NU early decision applications hit all-time high - Evanston Now)</p>

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<p>its been pretty silent lately…hope to see Harvard, MIT & Stanford post sometime soon, among others.</p>

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<p>Emory ED1 +10% [Early</a> decision 1 applications show increases | Emory University | Atlanta, GA](<a href=“http://news.emory.edu/stories/2012/11/upress_early_decision_applications/campus.html]Early”>Early decision 1 applications show increases)</p>

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<p>Harvard + ~15% [Early</a> Applications Numbers Soar | News | The Harvard Crimson](<a href=“http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2012/11/29/early-action-2017-harvard/]Early”>Early Applications Numbers Soar | News | The Harvard Crimson)</p>

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<p>I have found nothing verifiable for Stanford or Cornell. Should be soon, though, along with the LACs coming out later in December and January (based upon prior my prior threads in years past on this topic.)</p>

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<p>Williams +3.2% [College</a> receives 584 ED apps for Class of 2017 ? The Williams Record](<a href=“http://williamsrecord.com/2012/12/05/college-receives-584-ed-apps-for-class-of-2017/]College”>http://williamsrecord.com/2012/12/05/college-receives-584-ed-apps-for-class-of-2017/)</p>

<p>interesting observation in this article:

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<p>Boston U +40.9% (yikes) [BU</a> reports 40 percent more E.D. apps | The Daily Free Press](<a href=“http://dailyfreepress.com/2012/12/02/bu-reports-40-percent-more-e-d-applications/]BU”>BU reports 40 percent more E.D. apps – The Daily Free Press)</p>

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<p>Miami U +11% (>90% in 2 years, due to more high school recruiting/marketing)
[Miami</a> sets new record for early-decision applications | <a href=“http://www.journal-news.com%5B/url%5D”>www.journal-news.com](<a href=“http://www.journal-news.com/news/news/miami-sets-new-record-for-early-decision-applicati/nTCsx/]Miami”>http://www.journal-news.com/news/news/miami-sets-new-record-for-early-decision-applicati/nTCsx/)</a></p>

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<p>On internationals, here’s a blurb from a 1/12 NYT article, which is a bit counter to the Williams-observed trend:

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<p>source article: <a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/14/education/early-admission-applications-rise-as-do-rejections.html?pagewanted=all[/url]”>http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/14/education/early-admission-applications-rise-as-do-rejections.html?pagewanted=all&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Stanford should be official soon. They usually release EA app info concurrent with releasing decisions. 12/9 last year. I’d guess Monday or Tuesday.</p>

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<p>Stanford +3.8% [Stanford</a> Daily | Stanford admits 725 early applicants from record-breaking pool](<a href=“http://www.stanforddaily.com/2012/12/14/stanford-admits-725-early-applicants-from-record-breaking-pool/]Stanford”>http://www.stanforddaily.com/2012/12/14/stanford-admits-725-early-applicants-from-record-breaking-pool/)</p>

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<p>Barnard +6.6% [Barnard</a> Mails ED Letters This Week, Sees Record Numbers Of Applicants (Again) | Bwog](<a href=“http://bwog.com/2012/12/14/barnard-mails-ed-letters-this-week-sees-record-numbers-of-applicants-again/]Barnard”>Barnard Mails ED Letters This Week, Sees Record Numbers Of Applicants (Again) - Bwog)</p>

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<p>MIT +9% <a href=“http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2012/early-action-admissions-1219.html[/url]”>http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2012/early-action-admissions-1219.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>A NYT summary of early apps stats: [Applicants</a> Continue to Flock to Early Admission Programs - NYTimes.com](<a href=“http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/20/early-admissions-2013/]Applicants”>Applicants Continue to Flock to Early Admission Programs - The New York Times)</p>

<p>I will summarize shortly in a subsequent post.</p>

<p>If it wasn’t obvious from the data reported thus far, here’s a quote from that NYT blog:

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<p>Va Tech +2% [More</a> than 1,100 high school seniors gain early decision admission to Virginia Tech | News/Talk 960-AM & FM-107.3 WFIR](<a href=“http://wfirnews.com/local-news/more-than-1100-high-school-seniors-gain-early-decision-admission-to-virginia-tech]More”>More than 1,100 high school seniors gain early decision admission to Virginia Tech | News/Talk 960-AM & FM-107.3 WFIR)</p>

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<p>UVa (revised from above) +19% [The</a> Cavalier Daily :: Admissions office sees jump in early action applications](<a href=“http://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2012/11/admissions-office-sees-jump-in-early-action-applications]The”>http://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2012/11/admissions-office-sees-jump-in-early-action-applications)</p>

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<p>Cornell received 4,193 ED applications, an increase of 16.5%.</p>