Exactly. You’re looking at William’s RD yield, which is completely different from combined yields. Here were the RD yields of top LACs of the most recent enrolled class, next to the combined yield:
Williams: 32%; 45%
Amherst: 30%; 41%
Swarthmore: 26%; 42% (numbers above are somewhat off, Swarthmore enrolled 415 making the yield 201/774 or 26%)
Pomona: 38%; 54%
Bowdoin: 35%; 50%
Middlebury: 20%; 43% (confusing because of Feb admits, but I’m going by CDS)
Carleton: 18%; 39%
Davidson: 26%; 46%
Wesleyan: 20%; 36%
Williams is actually doing pretty well. Why the huge discrepancy? Depends on how many students the school takes through ED- those kids are basically 100% yield.