<p>Consider this from today’s YDN:</p>
<p>“Harvard University had the fifth most selective rate, admitting 807 of its 3,872 applicants for an early acceptance rate of 28.1 percent, a sizeable jump from last year’s 21 percent.”</p>
<p>He should have reported “for an early acceptance rate of 20.8%, little changed from last year.”</p>