Lower numbers for Yale SCEA

drbigboyjoe9505
Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:50:00 +0000

I was afraid that the murder on campus 2 months ago would harm Yale’s popularity as well. I had hoped that people would be able to realize this was an isolated case, but perhaps it actually did play a role in the lower number of applications.
However, I think there might be other reasons for the drop. Isn’t it the case that the high school graduating class of 2010 is smaller than last year’s class? I thought I had heard somewhere that we were the peak, in which case the drop in applications would be due to a drop in applicants in general. I guess this statement can only be verified when total numbers come in later on, but I don’t think decreased popularity is the only reason for the drop.


Finally, if Yale admits less students from the EA pool, it would be to accept more from the RD pool. That’s what they claim they’ve been trying to do, and honestly that would be the only good reasoning behind it.