Yale
will admit 6.72 percent of students for the next incoming class, hitting the
lowest-ever acceptance rate in University history. The Office of Undergraduate
Admissions will accept 1,991 students this year for the class of 2017 from a
pool of 29,610 total applications, Dean of Undergraduate Admissions Jeffrey
Brenzel said in a Thursday email to the News. Decisions will be released to all
applicants this evening via an online portal. Last
year, for the class of 2016, Yale admitted 1,973 students out of a pool of
28,975, making for an acceptance rate of 6.8 percent — a record-low number for
the University until today. Yale’s admit rate has declined steadily since 2010,
in line with similar trends at peer institutions such as Harvard and Princeton. Brenzel
said in a Thursday press release that the office has had “another extraordinary
applicant pool” and “another challenging selection process.” In
the early action round this year, Yale accepted 649 out of 4,520 applications,
or 14.4 percent. In addition to the 1,991 acceptances released today, the
Admissions Office also placed 1,001 students on the waitlist. As with previous
years, the office aims for a final enrollment of roughly 1,350 students for the
incoming class. Columbia,
Princeton and MIT have reported record-low admit rates this year of 6.89
percent, 7.3 percent and 8.2 percent, respectively. Harvard and Stanford have
not yet released their numbers at this time. Students admitted to
Yale in both the early and regular rounds have until May 1 to accept or decline
their offers of admission. Form Yale Daily News: http://yaledailynews.com/crosscampus/2013/03/28/admit-rate-falls-to-all-time-low/