Rejected for being too good?

BLY
Sat, 25 Mar 2006 18:12:34 +0000

Quote from Wikipedia:

Yield protection refers to the methods colleges and universities use to maximize yield (see above). Often, “yield protection” is taken as a charged term (hence, the euphemism “yield optimization”) sometimes referring to the practice of waitlisting (that is, delaying a firm decision on the applicant’s admission until further information about the applicant and incoming class emerge) **or rejecting “overqualified” students and therefore signifying an institutional inferiority complex./b In truth, virtually all elite undergraduate institutions use methods of yield maximization, and consider a student’s likelihood of attending foremost in their admissions decisions.