Peterson's Student Statistics?

Graduate School
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<p>Is it just me or are the student statistics on Peterson’s a little inflated? Harvard’s School of Education is listed as having a 50% acceptance rate to their Ed.M program: </p>

<p>[Harvard</a> University, Graduate School of Education - Program Virtual Campus](<a href=“Graduate School Search | Grad School & Grad Program Finder”>Graduate School Search | Grad School & Grad Program Finder) </p>

<p>Whereas another source put this figure at a much lower 13%. </p>

<p>[Harvard</a> University Admission- College admissions- Let college admissions offices find you today.](<a href=“http://www.applyingtoschool.com/forms/college_admissions_national_harvard_university.aspx]Harvard”>http://www.applyingtoschool.com/forms/college_admissions_national_harvard_university.aspx)</p>

<p>Who should I believe?</p>

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<p>This site does seem weird. </p>

<p>Acceptance for Stanford for Electrical Engineering [is</a> 37%.](<a href=“http://www.petersons.com/GradChannel/code/ProgramVC.asp?sn=Stanford-University&mu=School-of-Engineering&pn=Department-of-Electrical-Engineering&inunid=43382&typeVC=programvc&filename=&tn=Students-Outcomes&tabid=4&sponsor=1]is”>http://www.petersons.com/GradChannel/code/ProgramVC.asp?sn=Stanford-University&mu=School-of-Engineering&pn=Department-of-Electrical-Engineering&inunid=43382&typeVC=programvc&filename=&tn=Students-Outcomes&tabid=4&sponsor=1)</p>

<p>While acceptance to Johns Hopkins for EE [is</a> 13%.](<a href=“http://www.petersons.com/GradChannel/code/ProgramVC.asp?sn=The-Johns-Hopkins-University&mu=G.W.C.Whiting-School-of-Engineering&pn=Department-of-Electrical-and-Computer-Engineering&inunid=26952&typeVC=programvc&filename=G50057E&tn=Students-Outcomes&tabid=4&sponsor=1]is”>http://www.petersons.com/GradChannel/code/ProgramVC.asp?sn=The-Johns-Hopkins-University&mu=G.W.C.Whiting-School-of-Engineering&pn=Department-of-Electrical-and-Computer-Engineering&inunid=26952&typeVC=programvc&filename=G50057E&tn=Students-Outcomes&tabid=4&sponsor=1)</p>

<p>What the hell? I need to get into JHU and while I find this disturbing, I also find it hard to believe… Unless maybe more long-shots apply to JHU than would dare to apply to Stanford??</p>

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<p>Who says this applyingtoschool.com web site is correct? I think petersons.com is more accurate…could be wrong though. It doesn’t say how often they update them.</p>

<p>I heard Harvard’s Education School was pretty easy to get into…the most easiest out of them all.</p>

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<p>actually Harvard Divinity is:
I know the dean personally and he told me that their acceptance rates hover around 60%. Of course- the application requirements for HDS are very non standard so those who do apply already fit the typical student profile. </p>

<p>I think a 50% acceptance rate is great mind you- I just find it hard to beleive! lol</p>

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<p>Keep in mind that not everyone who gets in goes, so even with a 50% acceptance rate, the size of the entering class (the statistic we’re used to hearing in marketing phrases such as “we get X applicants for Y spots”) is much smaller. That’s why it may seem weird - we’re used to hearing that a program with 10 spots gets 120 applicants, so we mentally calculate the acceptance rate as under 10%, though it may be much larger. I don’t think Peterson’s is entirely inaccurate, though.</p>