<p>I’m not sure which, if any, of those “theories” hold water. </p>
<p>As best I can tell, the difference between the original estimate of 13 matriculating to Yale and the final number of 8 consists of people admitted SCEA who later changed their mind and matriculated at Harvard or elsewhere.</p>
<p>In contrast to last year, Yale seems to have admitted an as yet undetermined number of people from the waitlist for the Class of 2010.</p>