Yield for class of 2014 remains steady

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Ivy League yield rates

An interactive graphic of yield rates — the percent of admitted students who choose to enroll — at Ivy League schools since the Class of 2009. Related article: Yield for Class of 2014 remains steady

Although high school seniors applied to more schools this year, Penn’s yield — the percentage of students who choose to matriculate — has remained consistent at about 63 percent.

Dean of Admissions Eric Furda said there is “always a possibility” that an increase in applications and students choosing to apply to more schools can make the yield rate more unpredictable, though this was not the case this year. He said there were “no surprises.”

Furda expects to accept 10 to 15 students off of the waitlist within the next week, saying that Penn is currently in a “holding pattern” to see what takes place at other institutions.

The University took approximately 100 students off the waitlist for the Penn class of 2013.

Along with the students on the waitlist who gained admission, approximately 195 transfer students will be admitted to Penn this Thursday.

Peer institutions were similar to Penn in that they did not see a significant difference in their yield.

Like Penn, Harvard University did not see a difference in its yield this year remaining at 76 percent. Deliberations about waitlisted students are ongoing, and approximately 65 to 75 students will receive admission to Harvard by July 1.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Cornell University also saw a similar yield to last year’s, with 64 percent and 49 percent of the admitted students accepting their offer, respectively.

Dartmouth College reported a yield of 55 percent — a seven-percent increase from last year — meaning that the school may not utilize its waitlist, according to the New York Times.

The accepted class of 2014 is the most competitive Penn has seen with a new high SAT score of 2,178. Diversity also went up three percent, though one percent less international students were accepted.

Other peer schools have not yet reported their yield rates.

Comments (4)

How many were admitted, and how many accepted the offer of admission, before resort was made to the waitlist? Surely this is a known number that can be reported.

We all understand that the number of admits will rise as people defect elsewhere, or empty slots are filled from the waitlist. We also understand that the "final" number of matriculants can't be known until we see who shows up for classes in the fall.

But in the meantime, why does admissions data have to be treated as top secret? Other schools don't find it necessary to be so coy.

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Peer institutions were similar to Penn in that they did not see a significant difference in their yield.

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