Making sense of acceptance rate

Shelby_Balik
Sun, 30 Mar 2025 03:05:07 +0000

CATaxPyrNoROI:

don’t really address why decision letters (non-acceptance) do give the impression of being highly selective, when in fact 50%+ of applicants are admitted.

Is it too unreasonable to suggest that the admissions office just wants to lessen the blow of rejection? I’ve seen this before in other rejection letters: X applicants for Y spaces, when in fact the number of people accepted make up a much higher percentage of applicants because that’s just how it works. Giving the appearance of a lower acceptance rate certainly makes the rejection seem less personal.