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Web Update: U. sees slight rise in applications for admission
Published: Thursday, January 22nd, 2009
The University has received 21,869 applications for the Class of 2013, representing a 2 percent increase over the number of applications for the Class of 2012, according to a University statement.
Seventy-five percent of Class of 2013 applicants are ...
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So 2% is substantially lower than growth in applicants at Harvard (5.6%) or MIT (17%). Duke, Brown, and Stanford also all grew 10% or more. Let's see, last year applications grew 6% vs. 18% at Harvard. Thanks Dean Rapely.
If our yield rate remains the same (around 60%) we're going to have to accept 10% to get 1300 students. Looks like we'll be one of the few schools to have an increased acceptance rate this year. How embarrassing.
Why did we lie low whileH/Y/S grabbed all financial aid attention last year with a program we've had in place since 2001? Also, why are we unable to match the recruitment efforts of Y and H? My friends say Y and H reps all visited their schools, but not Princeton. Why not hire a few more within admissions. Time to be more aggressive.
"So 2% is substantially lower than growth in applicants at Harvard (5.6%) or MIT (17%). Duke, Brown, and Stanford also all grew 10% or more."
I doubt MIT is taking 17% more this year.
"If our yield rate remains the same (around 60%) we're going to have to accept 10% to get 1300 students."
omg a whopping 10%...what a nightmare...i guess we'll drop to 3rd next time...
Maybe applicants (particularly lower income applicants) are scared off by the elitisat image of the eating clubs. A politically incorrect sentiment locally, I know, but perhaps it contains a kernel of truth.
You reap what you sow. The best candidates read the demographic info
on the newest classes. Then they read the statements by the Dean of
Admissions. Once they see where the emphasis is placed, they decide not
to play the admissions game here. How else can the drop in applicants
be explained?
Please clarify - what is discouraging about our demographic info slash Dean's statement slash emphasis?
Does it even matter if we have to increase our yield? The point isn't that we're elite, it's that we're a good school. Acceptance rates mean nothing, get a grip.
If current trends continue, Penn will surpass Princeton in selectivity in a mere 20 years...O NOES!!!
Yeah who gives a SH*T if the gap between H/Y and Princeton becomes even wider. I certainly don't!!!!1