The University received an all-time record number of undergraduate applications for the fourth year in a row, with 20,118 students applying for admission to the Class of 2012.
This year's figure marks a 6 percent increase over the record-breaking 18,942 applicants for the Class of 2011 and constitutes a 22 percent increase in applicant numbers since the Class of 2009.
The rise in application numbers comes in the first year after the University dropped its early admission program, which had admitted nearly half of previous incoming classes.
The Class of 2012 has a target size of 1,240 to 1,250 students, though it is not yet know how many acceptance letters will be sent out. Dean of Admission Janet Rapelye acknowledged last November that her office plans to draw heavily from the wait list while being conservative in the numbers it admits in late March, a strategy that will lead to an increase in the overall admit rate and a decline in yield.
As in past years, applicants will be notified of decision in late March.
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