How do you think about acceptance rate?

circuitrider
Mon, 28 Oct 2024 19:31:31 +0000

NiceUnparticularMan:

OK, so what does all this mean for a given applicant? Well, obviously it depends on how strongly they care about location. But, I do believe that a given applicant who had good numbers and other solid qualifications for both St Olaf and Connecticut College would often have at least less uncertainty about actually being admitted to St Olaf. Maybe not no uncertainty, but often not as much as they would have at Connecticut College.

And if you accept the premise these are academic peers, this is what I mean by locational arbitrage.

Thought experiment: “Carleton College is my dream school, but in case I don’t get in there, I’ll also apply to…”