Harder for East Coast Students

fluffy2017
Fri, 16 May 2014 23:33:19 +0000

@Duceandaquarter‌ I really don’t think any of the top schools considers yield that much - they all want the best students with the best fit.

I would think the only exception is for more obvious cases - e.g. if one of the parents teaches at Harvard, or if the student spent every summer at a Yale summer program for instance.

@yebhip‌

I echo what other says about how many CA students would prefer a CA school, especially Stanford. My DS went to a top 150 HS in the area. IIRC from Naviance last year about 50-70 people applied to Stanford vs. maybe 10-20 for each of the Ivies and a huge number, probably 100+ apply to UCB, UCLA and USC every year.

In terms of the historical year for you school, Stanford has over 82% yield, HYP between 50-60% and Columbia around 25% yield. I think the last one is more about the environment (big city, vs. people raised in suburban mellow CA) than any reflection on the school.