I liked that we have almost caught up with Yeshiva University! -Zeb
On Feb 11, 2009, at 8:40 AM, Jerry Belloit wrote: > 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 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 University (MA) > 1 > 9% > 79% > Brigham Young University--Provo (UT) > 113 > 74% > 77% > University of Nebraska--Lincoln > 89 > 62% > 71% > Stanford University (CA) > 4 > 10% > 70% > Massachusetts Institute of Technology > 4 > 12% > 69% > Yale University (CT) > 3 > 10% > 69% > Princeton University (NJ) > 2 > 10% > 68% > University of Pennsylvania > 6 > 16% > 66% > Yeshiva University (NY) > 50 > 69% > 65% > University 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
