Yale Daily News

Updated: Monday, November 23, 2009 1:03 a.m.

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Changes to aid may result in swell in apps.

Predicted increase in candidates for class of 2013 may mark end to consistent growth in applications

Staff Reporter
Published Tuesday, January 29, 2008

If observers were impressed — or dismayed — by the 16.6 percent increase in applications to Yale this year, they ain’t seen nothing yet.

Applications for the class of 2013 will likely surpass this year’s total by a “substantial” amount, Dean of Undergraduate Admissions Jeff Brenzel said. Brenzel, along with high-school guidance counselors across the country, predict that Yale’s new financial-aid policy — which was announced after the Jan. 1 regular decision deadline — may result in an even larger flood of applications next year.

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