In the world of admissions, a college’s “yield” is the percentage of its admitted applicants who ultimately choose to enroll.
If, for example, a college admits 2,000 applicants and 1,000 enroll, it has a yield of 50 percent.
The yield is important to applicants because it determines whether—and how deep—a given school will dig into its waitlist.
The New York Times blog The Choice recently posted this year’s expected yields and waitlist admits at some of the most selective colleges in the U.S. Click here to check them out.
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