There is something bad wrong about the numbers in this table. I would bet big money that the University of Florida does not accept 42% of those that apply. There must be some pre-screening going on. Perhaps there is a preliminary application that is used to screen the pool? Does anyone know?
Other than that, I kind of like the idea used to measure popularity. Jerry From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Shane Ford Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 8:13 AM To: GatorNEWS Subject: [gatornews] [SUN]: Today's (2/11) Gainesville Sun OLYMPIC SPORTS & "MISC STUFF" GatorNEWS Articles (2 Articles Included) UF makes top ten of popular colleges Contributed by Nathan <http://chalkboard.gainesville.com/> Crabbe - Posted: February 10, 2009 2:42:00 PM Most Popular Colleges: National Universities Posted January 26, 2009 So which colleges do students really want to go to? One way to find out is to look at a school’s yield, the percentage of applicants accepted by a university who end up enrolling at that institution in the fall. The figures in this table are from the fall 2007 entering class and show the admit yield and overall acceptance rate. If a school has a high yield (a large proportion of those admitted enroll), it means that the school is most likely very popular with a top reputation and that the students are highly motivated to go there. A very low yield means that the school could be a “safety” or second choice for many of those who apply. Colleges use yield as a key factor in determining how many students they need to admit each year. U.S. News Rank Acceptance Rate Yield Harvard <http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/college/items/2155> University (MA) 1 9% 79% Brigham <http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/college/items/3670> Young University--Provo (UT) 113 74% 77% University <http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/college/items/2565> of Nebraska--Lincoln 89 62% 71% Stanford <http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/college/items/1305> University (CA) 4 10% 70% Massachusetts <http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/college/items/2178> Institute of Technology 4 12% 69% Yale <http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/college/items/1426> University (CT) 3 10% 69% Princeton <http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/college/items/2627> University (NJ) 2 10% 68% University <http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/college/items/3378> of Pennsylvania 6 16% 66% Yeshiva <http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/college/items/2903> University (NY) 50 69% 65% University <http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/college/items/1535> of Florida 49 42% 63% --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
