U. sees increase in yield from last year

The University has also admitted 31 students off its waitlist, Rapelye said, adding that her office should hear back from those students next week.

“We might take a few more students after that, but not many,” she said.

The Office of Admission initially placed 1,332 students on the waitlist, and 882 of those students elected to stay on the list. Last year, the University admitted 148 students from the waitlist.

The University’s yield was 58.6 percent for the Class of 2012, the first class admitted after the elimination of Early Decision, and 69.2 and 67.8 percent of admitted students matriculated into the classes of 2010 and 2011, respectively.

“The yield is up this year, which we are delighted about, especially in this economy,” Rapelye said in an e-mail. “The yield has increased, even as we admitted more students, which was in keeping with the gradual expansion of the student body that we began in 2005.”

The office aims to have 1,300 students in the incoming class, 60 more students than are in the Class of 2012. The matriculation of this class will mark the final phase of a decade-long plan to increase the number of undergraduates to 5,200 by 2012.

An estimated 59 percent of students in the Class of 2013 will receive financial aid, Director of Undergraduate Financial Aid Robin Moscato said in an e-mail. This year, 55 percent of the Class of 2012 received financial aid.

“This year’s average grant is expected to be $36,000, compared to $33,000 last year,” Moscato added. “Many [families] are affected by the economy, and we are able to meet their need.”

Harvard announced Thursday that 76 percent of the students it admitted have accepted, according to The Harvard Crimson. Last year, 78 percent chose to matriculate. Harvard also expects to draw 85 or more students from its waitlist. This year, Harvard admitted 7.0 percent of its applicants, down from 7.1 percent last year. The university expects that as much as 65 percent of its incoming class will receive financial aid.

Yale announced Friday that 68.7 percent of the 1,951 students it admitted have chosen to matriculate in the fall, according to the Yale Daily News. Last year, that figure was 68.9 percent. The institution has no plans to admit any of the 468 students on its waitlist. In March, Yale admitted 7.5 percent of the 26,000 students who applied.

Princeton admitted 9.79 percent of the 21,964 applicants who sought admission into the Class of 2013. The acceptance rate is higher than it has been in each of the last two years. Last spring, the University admitted a record-low 9.25 percent of the 21,369 applicants who sought spots in the Class of 2012, and in 2007, the University accepted 9.50 percent of those who applied for spots in the Class of 2011.