Admit rate falls to record-low 7.5 percent
Yale College saw a record-low acceptance rate of 7.5 percent this year, a 0.8 percentage point drop from last year’s initial acceptance rate of 8.3 percent.
Yale accepted 1,951 students from the total regular and early applicant pool of exactly 26,000 applicants, Dean of Admissions Jeff Brenzel told the News on Tuesday. The overall admit rate will rise slightly if Yale admits students from its waitlist, Brenzel said.
Compared to last year, a greater proportion of students were admitted regular decision as opposed to early action. Yale admitted 1,209 out of its 20,444...
Who cares? Is this some kind of ego trip for Yale? This ridiculous headline appears every year at about this time. Yale should get over itself before it becomes irrelevant.
CONGRATS TO THE NEXT CLASS OF YALIES!!!
Don't bring in anything that's not there. There is no ego trip, it's simply news material. There are college newspapers that report on increased acceptance rates--would you consider that self-deprecation?
Insecurities. Sheesh.
YAY!!! Welcome!
how many new haven public school students gained acceptance?
It is to the writer's credit that the distiction between early action and regular action was drawn. The difference between the early rate and the regular rate was stark. You have a 148% better chance of gaining admission by applying early. As for this not meaning anything, it does. It is evidence that there is tremendous value in the Yale "brand", and that those attending there will be the primary beneficiaries of that.
How many New Haven public school students were qualified? Because that's how many gained acceptance. More numbers will come out soon, I'm sure.
too many
Yale Hopeful Dad,
It's not that easy, statistically, to interpret the numbers as you have. To interpolate that the diff. between early and regular decision translates to a 148% greater likelihood of acceptance belies the nuances involved in selecting between these two types of applicants. Truth be told, both pools are extremely selective and early admits are often more confident, prepared for such a process. In other words, more self-selective. In the end, the diff, btwn 14% and 7% is still small. The entire process is painfully competitive, no matter what pool you enter.
#8: uh, not true. with an admit rate like 7.5%, even qualified applicants are turned away. despite what we like to tell ourselves, we all got into yale because we're lucky, not because we're smart.
besides, in this economy, legacies and sons and daughters of big donors will probably stand a better chance of being able to matriculate (i.e. can afford to go) than new haven PS students.
Accusing Yale of still favoring rich legacies over minorities/poor kids/homegrown students is SO 1940. It's all about diversity, man.
I say...we've let in too many, kids.
jeepers..