Admission rate rises to 9.79 percent for Class of 2013

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• 7:27 p.m. on March 31st, 2009

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  hmmm...

  Columbia had 9.8% as well...

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• 8 p.m. on March 31st, 2009

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  fjdsakl;

  This means we fall out of the top 3 in the U.S. News & World Report rankings. I'm not saying I agree with the ranking methodology, but it exists and it won't do us justice.

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• 8:03 p.m. on March 31st, 2009

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  wow.

  next year's US News: 1. Harvard 2. Yale 3. Stanford 4. Princeton. f***.

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• 8:11 p.m. on March 31st, 2009

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  Angry@Rapleye

  What the f***. I am pissed. the people in the admissions office have to get their act together ASAP. I remember the years when Princeton received just as many apps as Harvard and Yale (if not more than Yale) and our acceptance rate was just as low. What has happened to our recruitment efforts? Maybe we should send out more letters. This is unacceptable for Princeton.

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• 8:38 p.m. on March 31st, 2009

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  annoyed

  it's been really downhill since rapelye has been appointed. the admissions office seems so complacent. where is the intense recruiting that all of our peer schools engage in? i realize that being aloof is one of princeton's foibles, but it's absolutely embarrassing when we are literally the only ivy that saw a higher acceptance rate.

  didn't the administration argue that all of the recent major policy changes would help attract more people to princeton who were once turned off before? well, after the implementation of the grade deflation policy and the four year residential colleges, princeton attracts one of the smallest applicant pools among out peer schools. one of princeton's biggest selling points was our financial aid program, which was once, hands down, the best in the nation. now yale and harvard have more generous programs than we do.

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• 8:53 p.m. on March 31st, 2009

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  unsurprised

  Good job, administration. Good job.

  Grade deflation, non-advertised financial aid, demonizing the eating clubs... I wouldn't find the school attractive either.

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• 8:56 p.m. on March 31st, 2009

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  p09

  I really think Rapelye should be fired. What an idiotic decision...we are cutting down on our budget, and we admit more students. Smart.

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• 10:01 p.m. on March 31st, 2009

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  BRT

  Well...that's just embarrassing.

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• 10:23 p.m. on March 31st, 2009

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  090909

  Since when is a sub-10% acceptance rate "embarrassing"? Get a grip.

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• 10:24 p.m. on March 31st, 2009

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  gotta do better

  Introduce an Early Action system for admissions so we can get at the superstars early. We don't need ED.
  Eliminate Grade deflation or do a far better promoting or explaining it
  Increase financial aid

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