(Regular decision rates do not reflect deferrals from the early round. Data is not definitive, as it was compiled prior to final Fall 2007 matriculation numbers. California residents represent 87.5% of admitted students at Berkeley and 87% at UCLA. Out-of- state students represent roughly 50% of those admitted to Virginia.)

QUICK FACTS

Brown

• Aiming to matriculate 1,485 students
• Students of color: 41%
• 53% of the class is female
• California had most admitted students, followed by NY
• 95% were in top 10% of class
• Valedictorians & salutatorians constitute 20% of class

Columbia

• The overall admissions rate to Columbia College (CC) was 8.9%
• SEAS (School of Engineering) overall admit rate: 18.1%
• ED admission constituted 44% of all admissions to CC & SEAS
• The projected RD yield is 46%

Cornell

• The admittance rate was 4.2% lower than last year
• The application rate is up 24% from two years ago
• Mean SATs: 700V, 720M (admitted students)
• 92% ranked in the top 10% of class (admitted students)
• Aiming to matriculate 3,050 students (1,103 RD, 1,947 ED)
• 11.4% of those admitted are legacies

Dartmouth

• Applications have increased 20% over the past five years
• Average SATs: 726V, 723M, 718W
• 37.2% of the class were valedictorians, 11% salutatorians
• 94.4% were in the top 10% of the class
• 134 of admitted students were legacies
• 41% are students of color
• 47% of admitted students receive some form of financial aid
• Expect to matriculate about 50% or 1,080 of admitted students

Harvard

• Harvard denied admission to 1,110 students with perfect SAT math scores
• This is the final year of early admissions at Harvard (SCEA)
• About 42% are students of color
• 26% of admitted students will be eligible for HFAI, a program that makes a Harvard education free for families earning less than $60,000
• Aiming to matriculate 1,662 students, a 79.2% yield

Penn

• 23% of ED acceptances went to legacies
• 85% of accepted alumni students will matriculate
• This was the first year Penn used the Common Application
• About 67% of admitted students are expected to matriculate
• Wharton accepted 471 students
• Minorities comprise 42% of accepted students
• The average SAT score was 2137
• The Huntsman Program in International Business enrolled 87% of accepted students
• Only 20-25 students are expected to be chosen off the waitlist

Princeton

• The target class size is 1,245, up 20 students from last year
• About 30 waitlist students will fill the class, as the yield fell to 68%
• 103 of the 597 early admits are legacies
• 44% of accepted students are minorities
• 50% of accepted students were offered financial aid
• About 19% of admitted students plan to obtain a B.S.E. degree
• This was the final year Princeton will offer ED
• More than 6,000 applicants had a cumulative 4.0 GPA
• More than 10,000 had a combined SAT score over 2100

Yale

• The number of applications received decreased 9.7% from last year
• Last year, Yale admitted 1,878 students for an admit rate of 8.9%
• Last year's admit rate was the lowest in Ivy League history
• 41% of admitted American students are minorities

Stanford

• 20% of SCEA applicants were deferred to the regular review cycle
• California most represented state (958 admitted students)
• Texas is 2nd (147), followed by New York (107)
• RD deadline moves from December 15th to January 1st in 07-08 cycle

MIT

• Of EA applicants, 2,784 were deferred to the regular round
• Just under 500 students were placed on the waitlist
• Twenty students were admitted off the waitlist
• The target class size is 1,070 students, preliminary yield rate is 69%
• 49% of admitted students are valedictorians
• 90% are in the top 5% of class
• The acceptance rate for women is 26%; for men, 10%
• 46% of students enrolling are female

Duke

• Expect to matriculate 1,665 students
• 43% of valedictorians were admitted
• 58% of students with SAT V&M scores of 1,550+ were admitted
• North Carolina was the top state for admitted students (416)
• Florida, California, New York & Texas followed in that order
• More than 40% of Duke undergrads will receive financial aid