Early Admission Analysis (Data from The Choice, New York Times)

Thanks to Wen Xian for sharing with me these information on Early Decision/Early Action for Class of 2014. This data is taken from The Choice (New York Times).

I am dividing the admission percentage with non-binding and binding in different category.

For the non-binding one, we see that MIT and University of Chicago seems to be slightly tougher to get in this year (i.e. acceptance rate drops), whereas for Stanford and Yale, it went up a little. For Stanford, it is due to most students being offered admission, whereas for Yale, it is due to fewer applicants. University of Chicago sees a 50% increase in applicants and acceptance. 

For the binding ones, we see Brown, Duke, Cornell, Northwestern, Middlebury, Johns Hopkins showing quite a good percentage of lower acceptance rates (i.e. harder to get in). 

Brown dropped from 24.15% to 19.92%, mainly due to more applicants. For Duke, the same thing happens. Total applicants jump from 1,535 to 2,012, while accepted students only went up by 19. For Cornell, total applicants increased by 136, but total accepted students are reduced by 97. For Northwesterns, total applicants increase by 181 too. For Johns Hopkins, total applicants increase by 106, but total accepted students are reduced by 11.

On the other hand, Dartmouth accepted 60 more students, with total applicants gone up by 51 only. 

Non-Binding Early Admission

MIT - 590/5,684 (10.38%) vs Last Year 540/5018 (10.76%)

Stanford - 753/5,556 (13.55%) vs Last Year 689/5,363 (12.85%)

Yale - 730/5,262 (13.87%) vs Last Year 742/5,556 (13.35%)

University of Chicago - 1,676/5,883 (28.49%) vs Last Year 1,128/3,774 (29.89%)

Binding Early Admission

Brown - 567/2,847 (19.92%) vs Last Year 570/2,360 (24.15%)

Columbia - 631/2,995 (21.07%) vs Last Year 639/2,942 (21.72%)

Dartmouth - 461/1,600 (28.81%) vs Last Year 401/1,549 (25.89%)

Duke - 602/2,012 (29.92%) vs Last Year 583/1,535 (37.98%)

Cornell - 1,167/3,579 (32.61%) vs Last Year 1,264/3,443 (36.71%)

NorthWestern - 618/1,776 (34.80%) vs Last Year 590/1,595 (36.99%)

Williams - 212/541 (39.19%) vs Last Year 232/614 (37.79%)

Middlebury - 262/653 (40.12%) vs Last Year 274/648 (42.28%)

Johns Hopkins - 493/1,155 (42.68%) vs Last Year 504/1,049 (48.05%)

Swarthmore - 129/292 (44.18%) vs Last Year 126/302 (41.72%)

Wesleyan - 237/~500 (47.4%) vs Last Year 239/~500 (47.8%)