1 | Last Update Dec. 21. Colleges may send updates to thechoicenyt@gmail.com | Early Applicants for Fall 2012 | Pct Change in Apps Over 2011 | Early Acceptances 2012 | Pct of Early Applicants Accepted 2012 | Pct of Early Applicants Accepted 2011 | Anticipated Freshman Class Size for Fall 2012 | Approx Pct of Freshman Class, Fall 2012, Now Filled |
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3 | Universities with Binding Early Decision | |||||||
4 | American University (DC) | 626 | 9.86% | 485 | 77.48% | 71.53% | 1,575 | 30.79% |
5 | Babson (MA) | 267 | 25.94% | 141 | 52.81% | 54% | 470 | 30.00% |
6 | Barnard (NY) | 562 | 2% | 252 | 44.84% | 43.6% | 580 | 43.45% |
7 | Boston University (MA) | 1,069 | 1.14% | 563 | 52.67% | 42% | 3,900 | 14.44% |
8 | Bowdoin (ME) | 594 | 4.93% | 171 | 28.79% | 33.69% | 485 | 35.26% |
9 | Brown (RI) | 2,919 | 4.40% | 556 | 19.05% | 20% | 1,500 | 37.07% |
10 | Colgate (NY)* | 398 | -1.49% | 225 | 56.53% | 60% | 760 | 29.61% |
11 | Columbia (NY) | 3,088 | -5.68% | 631 | 20.43% | 18.93% | 1,391 | 45.36% |
12 | Cornell (NY) | 3,600 | 3.74% | 1171 | 32.53% | 35% | 3,182 | 36.80% |
13 | Dartmouth (NH) | 1,800 | 0.84% | 465 | 25.83% | 24.87% | 1,100 | 42.27% |
14 | Davidson (NC) | 371 | 7.54% | 194 | 52.29% | 55.07% | 490 | 39.59% |
15 | Duke University (NC) | 2,641 | 20% | 648 | 24.54% | 28.26% | 1,700 | 38.12% |
16 | Elon University (NC) | 400 | 16.28% | 343 | 85.75% | 84.68% | 1,400 | 24.50% |
17 | Emory University (GA)* | 879 | 17.36% | 431 | 49.03% | 45.66% | 1,336 | 32.26% |
18 | George Washington (DC)* | 1,530 | 3.24% | 585 | 38.24% | 35.90% | 2,350 | 24.89% |
19 | Hamilton College (NY)* | 413 | 8.85% | 180 | 43.58% | 43.09% | 480 | 37.50% |
20 | Johns Hopkins (MD) | 1,459 | 9.70% | 561 | 38.45% | 38.95% | 1,245 | 45.06% |
21 | Kenyon College (OH)* | 207 | -11.54% | 136 | 65.70% | 61.97% | 465 | 29.25% |
22 | Middlebury (VT)* | 645 | 5.8% | 270 | 41.86% | 38.71% | 600 | 45.00% |
23 | NYU (NY)* | 3,182 | 7.21% | 1454 | 45.69% | N/A | 5,000 | 29.08% |
24 | Northwestern (IL) | 2,450 | 15.19% | 804 | 32.82% | 33.62% | 2,025 | 39.70% |
25 | Oberlin College (OH)* | 241 | -9.74% | 161 | 66.80% | 62.55% | 790 | 20.38% |
26 | University of Pennsylvania | 4,526 | -0.98% | 1148 | 25.36% | 26.14% | 2,420 | 47.44% |
27 | Pomona College (CA)* | 297 | 33.33% | 75 | 25.25% | 30.93% | 395 | 18.99% |
28 | University of Puget Sound (WA)* | 92 | -29.23% | 71 | 77.17% | 60.77% | 675 | 10.52% |
29 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute* (NY) | 589 | -8.96% | 214 | 36.33% | 32% | 1,250 | 17.12% |
30 | Sarah Lawrence (NY) | 91 | 8.33% | 77 | 84.62% | 66.67% | 365 | 21.10% |
31 | Scripps College (CA) | 99 | 32.00% | 54 | 54.55% | 235 | 22.98% | |
32 | Smith College (MA)* | 228 | 6.54% | 130 | 57.02% | 61.68% | 640 | 20.31% |
33 | St. Lawrence (NY) | 175 | 7% | 131 | 74.86% | 86% | 650 | 20.15% |
34 | Vanderbilt (TN) | 1,769 | 6.37% | 553 | 31.26% | 29.77% | 1,600 | 34.56% |
35 | Washington and Lee University (VA) | 443 | 19.09% | 192 | 43.34% | 47.31% | 480 | 40.00% |
36 | William & Mary (VA) | 1,167 | 8.46% | 564 | 48.33% | 49.8% | 1,470 | 38.37% |
37 | Williams College (MA) | 566 | -1.05% | 239 | 42.23% | 40.38% | 550 | 43.45% |
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39 | Universities With Nonbinding Early Action | |||||||
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41 | Babson (MA) | 1,697 | 23.78% | 608 | 35.83% | 41% | 470 | |
42 | University of Chicago (IL) | 8,698 | 24.97% | 1532 | 17.61% | 22.66% | 1,350 | |
43 | Elon University (NC) | 6,329 | 16.69% | 3162 | 49.96% | 49.94% | 1,400 | |
44 | Fordham (NY) | 11,315 | 16.6% | 5149 | 45.51% | 51.95% | 1,820 | |
45 | Georgetown (DC) | 6,730 | 1.19% | 1012 | 15.04% | 16.85% | 1,580 | |
46 | Lewis & Clark (OR) | 1,614 | 27.39% | 1227 | 76.02% | 77% | 570 | |
47 | Northeastern (MA) | 16,125 | 14.30% | 6,032 | 37.41% | 2,800 | ||
48 | Santa Clara (CA) | 4,265 | 11.30% | 2439 | 57.19% | 54.59% | 1,275 | |
49 | Villanova (PA) | 7,744 | 10.79% | 2840 | 36.67% | 39.61% | 1,630 | |
50 | University of Virginia (VA) | 11,417 | N/A | ** | ||||
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52 | Restrictive/Single-Choice Early Action | |||||||
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54 | Boston College (MA) | 6,553 | 5.66% | 2646 | 40.38% | 43.67% | 2,250 | |
55 | Harvard (MA) | 4,245 | N/A | 772 | 18.19% | N/A | 1,660 | |
56 | Princeton (NJ) | 3,443 | N/A | 726 | 21.09% | N/A | 1,300 | |
57 | Stanford (CA) | 5,880 | -0.83% | 755 | 12.84% | 12.72% | 1,700 | |
58 | Yale (CT) | 4,304 | -18.01% | 675 | 15.68% | 14.48% | 1,300 | |
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60 | * has two early application rounds | |||||||
61 | ** Information not released until January | |||||||
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