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Is Yield Protection Real?

BestColleges

Yield is the percentage of accepted students who choose to enroll. A high yield rate helps colleges minimize the volatility of the admissions cycle. Colleges aim to boost their yield through several strategies, including early admissions policies. This means 2 in 3 accepted students choose to enroll elsewhere.

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Everything You Need to Know About Being Deferred or Waitlisted

StandOut College Prep

As shared in the post about early admissions, if you apply to college during Early Action and Early Decision cycles , you will face a lot of competition. When more students apply early, you’re also likely to be deferred from at least one college. Have you been deferred or waitlisted from college?

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MIT: Regular Decision Acceptance Rate

Top Tier Admissions

News & World Report and has an undergraduate enrollment of about 4,500. MIT OVERALL ACCEPTANCE RATE This year, 28,232 students applied to join the MIT Class of 2028 through Early Action (non-binding) and Regular Decision. Peterson said MIT placed a “modest number” of applicants on their waitlist. of applicants.

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UT Austin Shake-Up: Testing Required and a New Early Action Program

Top Tier Admissions

The University of Texas at Austin is a public research university founded in 1883 with an undergraduate enrollment of over 42,000. ENROLL NOW Last year, UT Austin’s Class of 2027 received an all-time high number of applications — around 73,000. Most students will be notified as early as March 1 if they are admitted from the waitlist.

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How Did We Get Here? Part 2

Admissions Village

What we do know is that colleges always care about managing their enrollment, and the increased number of applications has made it that much more challenging. Colleges might have over-enrolled or under-enrolled last year or for more than one year. Yield is the rate at which a college’s accepted students choose to enroll.

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Mid-season Update on College Acceptance Trends for Class of 2024

CTK College Coach

Whether you have been deferred in the early action round or are just waiting for your regular decision outcomes, it is completely normal to not hear from many schools until March or even the first week of April. Use this as an opportunity to talk with current students and visit campuses to learn more ahead of the May enrollment deadlines.