[Snorlax94]

Stanford’s admit rate just dropped to a new record low 4.3% for the Class of 2022, down from 4.65% and 4.69% in the two previous years.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/03/30/s...lls-again/

Congratulations to those admitted.

[Snorlax94]

Stanford’s admit rate just dropped to a new record low 4.3% for the Class of 2022, down from 4.65% and 4.69% in the two previous years.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/03/30/s...lls-again/

Congratulations to those admitted.

[qwerty49]

Are we even more stringent or did the number of applications rise, or both?

[qwerty49]

Are we even more stringent or did the number of applications rise, or both?

[Nan3cy]

Are we even more stringent or did the number of applications rise, or both?

Yes. 2,040 admitted from a pool of 47,450. Yikes.

[Nan3cy]

Are we even more stringent or did the number of applications rise, or both?

Yes. 2,040 admitted from a pool of 47,450. Yikes.

[82lsju]

[quote author=qwerty49 link=topic=18943.msg227032#msg227032 date=1522476367]
Are we even more stringent or did the number of applications rise, or both?

Yes. 2,040 admitted from a pool of 47,450. Yikes.
[/quote]

so there were 47,450 applicants this year, I tried to find how many applicants there were "way back when", so far the best data I have found was for the class of '78, that class had 8,025 people apply with a 31% acceptance rate (which would be ~2,490 people) so the absolute number of acceptances (not enrolling students) is down ~18% and the number of applicants is up almost 500%.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/georgeander...af111983d0

[82lsju]

[quote author=qwerty49 link=topic=18943.msg227032#msg227032 date=1522476367]
Are we even more stringent or did the number of applications rise, or both?

Yes. 2,040 admitted from a pool of 47,450. Yikes.
[/quote]

so there were 47,450 applicants this year, I tried to find how many applicants there were "way back when", so far the best data I have found was for the class of '78, that class had 8,025 people apply with a 31% acceptance rate (which would be ~2,490 people) so the absolute number of acceptances (not enrolling students) is down ~18% and the number of applicants is up almost 500%.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/georgeander...af111983d0

[Mick]

[quote author=Nan3cy link=topic=18943.msg227037#msg227037 date=1522478201]
[quote author=qwerty49 link=topic=18943.msg227032#msg227032 date=1522476367]
Are we even more stringent or did the number of applications rise, or both?

Yes. 2,040 admitted from a pool of 47,450. Yikes.
[/quote]

so there were 47,450 applicants this year, I tried to find how many applicants there were "way back when", so far the best data I have found was for the class of '78, that class had 8,025 people apply with a 31% acceptance rate (which would be ~2,490 people) so the absolute number of acceptances (not enrolling students) is down ~18% and the number of applicants is up almost 500%.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/georgeander...af111983d0
[/quote]

Here's a press release from 1996, the first year Stanford offered early acceptance.  Yield went up to 61.4% from 55.1% the prior year. There were 16,539 applications in 1996.  The record until that time was 17,652 in 1985.

https://news.stanford.edu/pr/96/960605classcentu.html

[Mick]

[quote author=Nan3cy link=topic=18943.msg227037#msg227037 date=1522478201]
[quote author=qwerty49 link=topic=18943.msg227032#msg227032 date=1522476367]
Are we even more stringent or did the number of applications rise, or both?

Yes. 2,040 admitted from a pool of 47,450. Yikes.
[/quote]

so there were 47,450 applicants this year, I tried to find how many applicants there were "way back when", so far the best data I have found was for the class of '78, that class had 8,025 people apply with a 31% acceptance rate (which would be ~2,490 people) so the absolute number of acceptances (not enrolling students) is down ~18% and the number of applicants is up almost 500%.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/georgeander...af111983d0
[/quote]

Here's a press release from 1996, the first year Stanford offered early acceptance.  Yield went up to 61.4% from 55.1% the prior year. There were 16,539 applications in 1996.  The record until that time was 17,652 in 1985.

https://news.stanford.edu/pr/96/960605classcentu.html

[BostonCard]

Imagine if we had won the NCAA tournament....

https://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicd...m=20180326

Research by Devin and Jaren Pope, two economists, has found that colleges whose men’s basketball teams qualified for March Madness, the sport’s championship tournament, saw a 2.4% average increase in the total number of applications, as measured by the number of SAT college-entrance exam results received. Colleges whose teams made the “Final Four” saw a 5.8% increase in applications, while colleges whose teams won the entire tournament saw a 10.9% increase in applications in the year after their victory.

An 11% increase in applications in the next year would translate to a reduction in the admission rate to 3.9%.

BC

[BostonCard]

Imagine if we had won the NCAA tournament....

https://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicd...m=20180326

Research by Devin and Jaren Pope, two economists, has found that colleges whose men’s basketball teams qualified for March Madness, the sport’s championship tournament, saw a 2.4% average increase in the total number of applications, as measured by the number of SAT college-entrance exam results received. Colleges whose teams made the “Final Four” saw a 5.8% increase in applications, while colleges whose teams won the entire tournament saw a 10.9% increase in applications in the year after their victory.

An 11% increase in applications in the next year would translate to a reduction in the admission rate to 3.9%.

BC

[Nan3cy]

Imagine if we had won the NCAA tournament....

https://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicd...m=20180326

Research by Devin and Jaren Pope, two economists, has found that colleges whose men’s basketball teams qualified for March Madness, the sport’s championship tournament, saw a 2.4% average increase in the total number of applications, as measured by the number of SAT college-entrance exam results received. Colleges whose teams made the “Final Four” saw a 5.8% increase in applications, while colleges whose teams won the entire tournament saw a 10.9% increase in applications in the year after their victory.

An 11% increase in applications in the next year would translate to a reduction in the admission rate to 3.9%.

BC

And that assumes no increase in the yield rate...

[Nan3cy]

Imagine if we had won the NCAA tournament....

https://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicd...m=20180326

Research by Devin and Jaren Pope, two economists, has found that colleges whose men’s basketball teams qualified for March Madness, the sport’s championship tournament, saw a 2.4% average increase in the total number of applications, as measured by the number of SAT college-entrance exam results received. Colleges whose teams made the “Final Four” saw a 5.8% increase in applications, while colleges whose teams won the entire tournament saw a 10.9% increase in applications in the year after their victory.

An 11% increase in applications in the next year would translate to a reduction in the admission rate to 3.9%.

BC

And that assumes no increase in the yield rate...

[norcard]

Imagine if we had won the NCAA tournament....

https://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicd...m=20180326

Research by Devin and Jaren Pope, two economists, has found that colleges whose men’s basketball teams qualified for March Madness, the sport’s championship tournament, saw a 2.4% average increase in the total number of applications, as measured by the number of SAT college-entrance exam results received. Colleges whose teams made the “Final Four” saw a 5.8% increase in applications, while colleges whose teams won the entire tournament saw a 10.9% increase in applications in the year after their victory.

An 11% increase in applications in the next year would translate to a reduction in the admission rate to 3.9%.

BC

Yes - you're free to imagine

[norcard]

Imagine if we had won the NCAA tournament....

https://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicd...m=20180326

Research by Devin and Jaren Pope, two economists, has found that colleges whose men’s basketball teams qualified for March Madness, the sport’s championship tournament, saw a 2.4% average increase in the total number of applications, as measured by the number of SAT college-entrance exam results received. Colleges whose teams made the “Final Four” saw a 5.8% increase in applications, while colleges whose teams won the entire tournament saw a 10.9% increase in applications in the year after their victory.

An 11% increase in applications in the next year would translate to a reduction in the admission rate to 3.9%.

BC

Yes - you're free to imagine