<p>Maybe they are getting more applications than they can accurately count - after all, applications to Yale have increased by 70% since 1999, much faster than any of the other Ivies. For example, since then applications to Princeton have gone up by less than 20%. Yale has had the lowest acceptance rate in the Ivy League for two of the past years, and in terms of other measures, they are leading the league by an even wider margin. </p>
<p>In other words, I think the Yale admissions office is hiring.</p>