Yale admits 17.1% of early applicants

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http://yaledailynews.com/blog/2016/12/16/yale-admits-17-percent-of-early-applicants/

The Office of Undergraduate Admissions welcomed the largest group of admitted early action students in Yale’s history on Thursday, inviting 871 students who applied through the Early Action program to join the Class of 2021.

The admitted students represent 17.1 percent of a pool of 5,086 early applicants. Additionally, 53 percent of applicants were deferred to the regular decision process in the spring, 28 percent were denied admission, and 2 percent were withdrawn or incomplete.

The early action application pool this year is 9 percent larger than that of the year prior, an uptick marking the first major increase in early application numbers after a three- year period of relative stagnation.