gibby
May 18, 2017, 11:13pm
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@JHS : As the below article suggests, yields are calculated slightly after May 1st, which means waitlisted students have no effect on a college’s reported yield – unless, of course, you can provide evidence to the contrary: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sara-shapiro-harberson/college-admissions-and-the-game-of-yield_b_9612290.html
Yield is big business in college admissions. It is the percentage of admitted students who enroll, and colleges want their yield rate to be as high as possible because it reflects popularity and desirability in the eyes of students. There is tremendous pressure on colleges not only to deliver acceptances this time of year, but ultimately to enroll a freshman class better than the previous year.
All eyes are on May 1, the date when enrollment deposits are due. This is each college’s day of reckoning. One might argue that it’s somewhat fitting. After all, students go through so much stress applying to college, constantly wondering if they’ve done enough to prove their worth. Now it’s the colleges’ turn to show that they are worthy.
FWIW: A college like HYPSM has very little incentive to include waitlisted students in their yield calculation, as they would also have to include the actual number of waitlisted students, as well.