<p>liverbird09, </p>
<p>The yield could be due to a number of things. Many applicants simply can’t get over the “prestige factor” and will attend a name school over WashU. The application for WashU also requires considerably less effort than Georgetown’s. WashU’s yield is similar to its peer schools (Hopkins, etc.).</p>
<p>The strength of the students at WashU definitely doesn’t suffer:</p>
<p>WashU: 1380 - 1540
Georgetown: 1310 - 1490</p>
<p>WashU had 241 National Merit scholars in the class of '11; Georgetown was not in the top ten (fewer than 150). </p>
<p>I know that both schools are excellent academically, I just wanted to provide this information for keb.</p>