<p>Looking at your predicted target numbers, this is my perspective:</p>
<p>Princeton is an Ivy League school, so naturally they want to be as selective as possible with a high percentage of the accepted students enrolling. If they discover that 86% of accepted SCEA applicants will enroll, Princeton will be able appear even more selective. </p>
<p>1369 students were accepted from RD last year and 726 were accepted from SCEA.</p>
<p>If 86% enrolled from SCEA, that is about 624 students out of the total class of 1,357. That leaves 733 students who enrolled from RD.</p>
<p>Out of the 1369 students accepted from RD, only 53.5% enrolled. That is 32.5% less than SCEA.</p>
<p>So my question for you is, why would they reduce the number of SCEA applicants that they accept? If anything, they will reduce the number of RD applicants that they accept. By accepting more SCEA applicants and less RD applicants, Princeton can lower their admissions percent even more.</p>
<p>Sources:
<a href=“Princeton offers admission to 7.86 percent of applicants”>Princeton offers admission to 7.86 percent of applicants;
<a href=“Tilghman asks new students to 'occupy' Princeton and serve the greater good”>Tilghman asks new students to 'occupy' Princeton and serve the greater good;