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Ivy League Admission Statistics for Class of 2015

Statistics for the Class of 2016

Preliminary Results – Early Action and Early Decision – Entering Fall 2012

Ivy League – Early Action and Early Decision

Early Rounds	2016			2015			2014
	Admit	Applied	%	Admit	Applied	%	Admit	Applied	%
Brown ED	556	2,919	19.05	577	2,796	20.64	567	2,847	19.92
Columbia ED	605	3,088	19.59	632	3,229	19.57	631	2,995	21.07
Cornell ED	1,171	3,609	32.45	1,215	3,456	35.16	1,176	3,594	32.72
Dartmouth ED	465	1,800	25.83	444	1,754	25.31	461	1,594	28.92
Harvard REA	772	4,231	18.25	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00
Penn ED	1,148	4,526	25.36	1,192	4,557	26.16	1,319	3,851	34.25
Princeton REA	726	3,476	20.89	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00
Yale REA	675	4,304	15.68	761	5,257	14.48	730	5,235	13.94
Total Ivies	6,118	27,953	21.89	4,821	21,049	22.90	4,884	20,116	24.28

Brown accepted 556 of the 2,919 applications received for the class of 2016. The 2,796 applications for early decision this year represent a slight increase from last year’s 2,796.

Columbia received 5.68 percent fewer applications with 3,088 early applications compared to 3,229 last year. The admission rate remained similar as Columbia admitted 605 students.

Cornell reported a three percent decrease in the number of early decision applicants with 3,456 applications for the Class of 2015, as opposed to the 3,594 applications that were reviewed in December 2009. In the latest early decision cycle, Cornell admitted 1,215 students, slightly more than the 1,176 granted admission last year.

Dartmouth received 1,800 Early Decision applications for the Class of 2016. This represents a small increase over the Early Decision applications for the Class of 2015. Dartmouth accepted 465 ED applications, 21 more than last year’s 444 students. The 465 students will compose approximately 40 percent of the Class of 2016 estimated at 1110 students.

Harvard accepted 18 percent of the 4,231 early applicants to the Class of 2016. These 772 students mark the first group to be admitted early since the College eliminated its early admission process four-years ago. The Office of Admissions deferred 2,838 applicants, roughly two-thirds of applicants, to be considered in the regular application pool and rejected 546 students.

Penn received 4,526 early decision applications for the Class of 2016 and reported a slight decrease from last year’s 4,557 early decision applications. Penn admitted 1,148 students under the Early Decision program for a record low 25% admit rate.

Princeton, for the is the first year since 2006, offered an early application round and admitted 726 out of the 3,476 candidates who applied last fall through single-choice early action.

Yale reported a total of 4,304 applications, a substantial decrease from last year’s 5,257 applications for its SCEA program. The school offered admission to 675 applicants for its Class of 2016. The 15.7 percent early acceptance rate marks an increase from last year’s 14.5 percent early admission rate and the 13.9 percent acceptance rate for the class of 2014.

Stanford and MIT – – Early Action

Early Rounds	2016			2015			2014
	Admit	Applied	%	Admit	Applied	%	Admit	Applied	%
Stanford SCEA	755	5,880	12.84	754	5,929	12.72	753	5,566	13.53
MIT EA	680	6,008	11.32	772	6,405	12.05	590	5,684	10.38
Total	1,435	11,888	12.07	1,526	12,334	12.37	1,343	11,250	11.94

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology received 6.008 early action applications (down from the 6,405 received last year) and accepted 680 students for an acceptance rate of 11.32%.

Stanford accepted 12.84% percent of its SCEA pool by admitting 755 out of 5,880. Last year, Stanford admitted 754 students out of 5,929 applicants.

More Selective Schools – Early Action and Early Decision

Early	2016			2015
	Admit	Applied	%	Admit	Applied	%	Admit	Applied	%
Chicago EA	1,532	8,698	17.61	1,400	6,960	20.11	1,676	5,855	28.63
Duke ED	648	2,641	24.54	645	2,287	28.20	602	1,924	31.29
Georgetown EA	1,012	6,730	15.04	1,122	6,654	16.86	1,160	6,105	19.00
Northwestern	804	2,450	32.82	715	2,127	33.62	618	1,776	34.80
J. Hopkins ED	561	1,459	38.45	518	1,330	38.95	493	1,155	42.68

The University of Chicago received 8,698 early-action applications to the College, a dramatic increase from the previous year when 6,960 applications were received. Despite an estimated total class of 1,350 students, Chicago offered admission to 1,532 students under its Early Admission non-binding program.

Duke reported that 2,641 students applied under its Early Decision program, an increase over the 2,287 who applied early in the prior year. Out of the 2,641 who completed their applications, 648 were offered admission to the Class of 2016. Last year, the university accepted 645 students through Early Decision. This year’s acceptance rate is a record low for Duke, as the number dips below 25 percent. Students admitted through Early Decision this year will represent 38 percent of next fall’s incoming class, which is expected to include 1,705 students.

Johns Hopkins reported that 1,459 applied for the Class of 2016. This represents an increase of 119 applications from last year. 561 applicants will be the first students welcomed into the Class of 2016.

Georgetown received 6,730 applications and admitted 1,012 students for an admission ratio of 15%. Last year, Georgetown received 6,654 applications and admitted 1,122 students for an admission ratio of 17%.

Northwestern University reported 2,450 applications and admitted 804 students to its Class of 2016. In 2011, Northwestern had 2,127 applications and admitted 715 students to its Class of 2015.

Liberal Arts Colleges – Early Decision – ED1 Only

Class 2016 Early LAC	Admit	Applied	%
Barnard	252	562	44.84%
Bowdoin	171	594	28.79%
Colgate	225	398	56.53%
Davidson	194	371	52.29%
Hamilton	180	413	43.58%
Kenyon	136	207	65.70%
Middlebury	270	645	41.86%
Oberlin	161	241	66.80%
Pomona	75	297	25.25%
Scripps	54	99	54.55%
Was Lee	192	443	43.34%
Williams	239	550	43.45%

Expected Percentage of Early Admissions in the Class of 2016

The tables below present the percentage of early applicants in the projected enrollment for the Class of 2016.

Early Ivies	2016
	Admit	Enroll Est	% Early
Brown ED	556	1,501	37.04
Columbia ED	605	1,391	43.49
Cornell ED	1,171	3,178	36.85
Dartmouth ED	465	1,110	41.89
Harvard SCEA	772	1,670	46.23
Penn ED	1,148	2,410	47.63
Princeton SCEA	726	1,312	55.34
Yale SCEA	675	1,305	51.72
Total Ivies	6,118	13,877	44.09

Stanford SCEA	755	1,672	45.16
MIT EA*	680	1,067	63.73
Total	1,435	2,739	52.39

Total Ivies Plus	7,553	16,616	45.46

Selective ED	2016
	Admit	Enroll Est	% Early
Duke ED	648	1,705	38.01
Northwestern ED	804	2,078	38.69
J. Hopkins ED	561	1,241	45.21

It should be noted that, because of the non-binding nature of regular Early Admission, the numbers for schools such as Chicago, Georgetown, or MIT should not be compared to schools with Early Decisions and Restricted and Single Choice Early Admissions.

Selective EA	2016
	Admit	Enroll Est	% Early
Chicago EA*	1,532	1,350	113.48
Georgetown EA*	1,012	1,570	64.46

Volume of Applications and Changes – Early and Regular Decision – Class 2016

In the past six years, applications to the eight Ivy League schools plus MIT and Stanford increased from slightly above 200,000 applications to almost 300,000 early and regular applications, for a compound increase of more than 40 percent.

Ivy League, Stanford and MIT – 6 Years Trends

For the first time in the past six years, the total number of applications to the eight Ivy League schools plus MIT and Stanford decreased from the prior year.

Applications went down substantially at Brown and Columbia, but increased at Yale and Stanford by similar margins. Harvard, Penn, and Princeton all experienced a slight decrease.

Change in Volume Applications	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011
Brown	28,671	30,946	30,136	24,988	20,633	19,097
Columbia	31,818	34,587	26,178	25,428	22,585	21,343
Cornell	37,673	36,387	36,337	34,381	33,073	30,383
Dartmouth	23,052	22,385	18,778	18,130	16,538	14,176
Harvard	34,285	34,970	30,489	29,112	27,462	22,955
Penn	31,127	31,663	26,938	22,939	22,922	22,646
Princeton	26,663	27,115	26,247	21,964	21,369	18,942
Yale	28,870	27,283	25,869	26,003	22,817	19,323
Stanford	36,744	34,348	32,022	30,429	25,298	23,958
MIT	18,084	17,800	16,632	15,661	13,396	12,445
Total	296,987	297,484	269,626	249,035	226,093	205,268

Ivy League, Stanford and MIT – 5 Years Annual Changes

Change in Volume Applications in %	Change 15 to 16	Change 14 to 15	Change 13 to 14	Change 12 to 13	Change 11 to 12	Change 11 to 16
Brown	-7.35%	2.69%	20.60%	21.11%	8.04%	50.13%
Columbia	-8.01%	32.12%	2.95%	12.59%	5.82%	49.08%
Cornell	3.53%	0.14%	5.69%	3.95%	8.85%	23.99%
Dartmouth	2.98%	19.21%	3.57%	9.63%	16.66%	62.61%
Harvard	-1.96%	14.70%	4.73%	6.01%	19.63%	49.36%
Penn	-1.69%	17.54%	17.43%	0.07%	1.22%	37.45%
Princeton	-1.67%	3.31%	19.50%	2.78%	12.81%	40.76%
Yale	5.82%	5.47%	-0.52%	13.96%	18.08%	49.41%
Stanford	6.98%	7.26%	5.24%	20.28%	5.59%	53.37%
MIT	1.60%	7.02%	6.20%	16.91%	7.64%	45.31%
Total	-0.17%	10.33%	8.27%	10.15%	10.15%	44.68%

Other Selective Schools – Total Applications Class 2015 and 2014

Universities	2016	2015	Change
Chicago	25,371	21,669	17.08%
CMU	17,364	16,525	5.08%
Duke	31,545	29,526	6.84%
Georgetown	20,050	19,300	3.89%
JHU	19,400	19,201	1.04%
Northwestern	31,991	30,925	3.45%
NYU	43,728	42,242	3.52%
Notre Dame	17,000	16,548	2.73%
Tufts	16,364	17,074	-4.16%
UVA	28,239	23,971	17.80%
Wake Forest	11,131	9,869	12.79%
William Mary	13,600	12,825	6.04%

Liberal Arts Colleges	2016	2015	Change
Amherst	8,527	8,461	0.78%
Barnard	5,376	5,153	4.33%
Bates	5,376	5,146	4.47%
Bowdoin	6,694	6,554	2.14%
Bucknell	8,170	7,797	4.78%
Claremont McKenna	5,041	4,481	12.50%
Colby	5,235	5,159	1.47%
Colgate	7,715	7,708	0.09%
Dickinson	4,547	4,645	-2.11%
Grinnell	4,515	2,969	52.07%
Harvey Mudd	3,529	3,144	12.25%
Lafayette	6,590	5,716	15.29%
Middlebury	8,922	8,533	4.56%
Mt Holyoke	3,900	3,416	14.17%
Pomona	7,325	7,207	1.64%
Scripps	2,367	2,163	9.43%
Smith	4,321	4,128	4.68%
Wesleyan	10,437	9,658	8.07%
Williams	7,038	7,030	0.11%

Ivies Plus© – Early Admissions for Class of 2015

© 2011 Hernandez College Consulting and Christian Termont of EERA
Statistics for the Class of 2015. Preliminary Results – Early Action and Early Decisions – Entering Fall 2011

Ivy League

Early Rounds	2015			2014			2013
	Admit	Applied	%	Admit	Applied	%	Admit	Applied	%
Brown ED	577	2,796	20.64	567	2,847	19.92	551	2,348	23.47
Columbia ED	632	3,229	19.57	631	2,995	21.07	594	2,945	20.17
Cornell ED	1,215	3,456	35.16	1,176	3,594	32.72	1,249	3,405	36.68
Dartmouth ED	444	1,759	25.24	461	1,594	28.92	401	1,550	25.87
Penn ED	1,195	4,557	26.22	1,200	3,842	31.23	1,156	3,666	31.53
Yale SCEA	761	5,257	14.48	730	5,235	13.94	742	5,557	13.35
Total Ivies	4,824	21,054	22.91	4,765	20,107	23.70	4,693	19,471	24.10

Brown University accepted 577 of the 2,796 applications received for the class of 2015. The 2,796 applications for early decision this year represent a slight decrease of almost 2 percent from last year’s 2,847.

Columbia University received 3,229 early applications compared to 2,995 last year, and admitted 632 students.

Dartmouth received 1,759 Early Decision applications for the Class of 2015. This represents an increase of 12% over the 1,594 Early Decision applications for the Class of 2014. Dartmouth accepted 444 ED applications, 27 fewer than last year’s 461 students.

Penn received 4,557 early decision applications for the Class of 2015 and reported a 19 percent increase from last year’s 3,842 early decision applications. Penn admitted 1,195 students under the Early Decision program for a record low 30% admit rate.

Yale reported a total of 5,257 applications, a number that is almost to last year’s 5,235 applications for its SCEA program. The school offered admission to 761 applicants for its Class of 2015.

Harvard and Princeton no longer accept early applications.

Stanford and MIT

Early Rounds	2015			2014			2013
	Admit	Applied	%	Admit	Applied	%	Admit	Applied	%
Stanford SCEA	754	5,929	12.72	753	5,566	13.53	689	5,363	12.85
MIT EA	772	6,405	12.05	590	5,684	10.38	540	4,681	11.54
Total	1,526	12,334	12.37	1,343	11,250	11.94	1,229	10,044	12.24

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology received a record 6,405 early action applications (up 13% from the 5,684 received last year) and accepted 772 students for an acceptance rate of 12%.

Stanford reported an increase of more than 6% for the Class of 2015. Stanford accepted 12.72% percent of its SCEA pool by admitting 754 out of 5,929. Last year, Stanford admitted 753 students out of 5,566 applicants.

More Selective Schools

Early Rounds	2014			2013			2012
	Admit	Applied	%	Admit	Applied	%	Admit	Applied	%
Chicago EA	1,400	6,960	20.11	1,676	5,855	28.63	1,146	3,795	30.20
Duke ED	645	2,287	28.20	602	1,924	31.29	548	1,539	35.61
Georgetown	1,122	6,654	16.86	1,160	6,105	19.00	1,160	6,100	19.02
Northwestern	715	2,127	33.62	618	1,776	34.80	590	1,595	36.99
J. Hopkins ED	518	1,330	38.95	493	1,155	42.68	502	1,049	47.86

The University of Chicago received 6,960 early-action applications to the College, a dramatic increase from the previous year when 5,855 applications were received. Despite an estimated total class of 1,350 students, Chicago offered admission to 1,400 students under its Early Admission non-binding program.

Duke reported that 2,287 students applied under its Early Decision program, an increase over the 1,924 who applied early in the prior year. Out of the 2,287 who completed their applications, 645 were offered admission to the Class of 2015. Last year, the university accepted 602 students through Early Decision. This year’s acceptance rate is a record low for Duke, as the number dips below 30 percent.

Johns Hopkins reported that 1,330 applied for the Class of 2015. This represents an increase of 15% from last year. The acceptance rate has dropped to below 40%. 518 applicants will be the first students welcomed into the Class of 2015.

Georgetown received 6,654 applications and admitted 1,122 students for an admission ratio of 17%.

Northwestern University reported 2,127 applications and admitted 715 students to its Class of 2015.

Volume of Applications and Changes – Early and Regular Decision – Class 2015

In the past five years, applications to the eight Ivy League schools plus MIT and Stanford increased from slightly above 200,000 applications to almost 300,000 early and regular applications, for a compound increase of more than 40 percent.

Ivy League, Stanford and MIT – 5 Years Trends

Change in Volume Early + Regular Applications	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011
Brown	31,000	30,136	24,988	20,633	19,097
Columbia	34,587	26,178	25,428	22,585	21,343
Cornell	36,273	36,338	34,381	33,073	30,383
Dartmouth	21,700	18,778	18,130	16,538	14,176
Harvard	35,000	30,489	29,112	27,462	22,955
Penn	31,651	26,938	22,939	22,922	22,646
Princeton	27,115	26,247	21,964	21,369	18,942
Yale	27,230	25,869	26,003	22,817	19,323
Stanford	34,200	32,022	30,429	25,298	23,958
MIT	17,908	16,632	15,661	13,396	12,445
Total	296,664	269,627	249,035	226,093	205,268

Ivy League, Stanford and MIT – 5 Years Annual Changes

Change in Volume Early + Regular Applications	Change 14 to 15	Change 13 to 14	Change 12 to 13	Change 11 to 12	Change 11 to 15
Brown	2.87%	20.60%	21.11%	8.04%	62.33%
Columbia	32.12%	2.95%	12.59%	5.82%	62.05%
Cornell	-0.18%	5.69%	3.95%	8.85%	19.39%
Dartmouth	15.56%	3.57%	9.63%	16.66%	53.08%
Harvard	14.80%	4.73%	6.01%	19.63%	52.47%
Penn	17.50%	17.43%	0.07%	1.22%	39.76%
Princeton	3.31%	19.50%	2.78%	12.81%	43.15%
Yale	5.26%	-0.52%	13.96%	18.08%	40.92%
Stanford	6.80%	5.24%	20.28%	5.59%	42.75%
MIT	7.67%	6.20%	16.91%	7.64%	43.90%
Total	10.03%	8.27%	10.15%	10.15%	44.53%

Other Selective Schools – Total Applications Class 2015 and 2014

Universities	2015	2014	Change
Caltech	5,240	4,859	7.84%
Chicago	21,669	19,374	11.85%
CMU	16,474	15,496	6.31%
Duke	29,526	26,784	10.24%
Georgetown	19,300	18,070	6.81%
JHU	19,201	18,459	4.02%
Lehigh	11,500	10,328	11.35%
Northwestern	30,925	27,615	11.99%
NYU	42,242	38,037	11.06%
Rice	13,776	12,393	11.16%
Tufts	17,074	15,433	10.63%
UVA	23,942	22,516	6.33%
Vanderbilt	24,650	21,811	13.02%
William Mary	12,776	12,539	1.89%
WUSTL	28,800	24,939	15.48%

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