# of applicants vs. # of slots calculation question

[CBG321]

I thought I was doing my calculations right and then I realized I may have been mistaken. 

 

Originally I was calculating the stats of different grad school admissions like this:

 

Number of admissions offered received-- divided by --number of applications.

 

Is it more prudent to use the target class size?  I'm seeing a huge gap between those two numbers at a few schools so might have to re-calculate.  

 

Thank you!

[nicoleac]

It depends on how you want to think about it...I would use number of admission offers--target class size is smaller than admissions offered, because people turn down admission, and admission offers include those accepted off the waitlist as well, I believe.

[CBG321]

Yeah, i'm trying to think positive and assume that i'd be one of those lucky offers hahaa.  But just wanted to see what most people based the stats on!

 

Thank you!

[nicoleac]

No problem I based stats off of offers, and also average GPA/GRE etc. Thinking positive is best! It's better to not worry about it (even though that's impossible...) and just wait for results to come out. Good luck!!!

[CBG321]

Thank you  Yeah, distraction is the best medicine in this major hahaha.  

[Holly44]

I think I might have made that mistake as well. I think it's good to look at both stats, but I wish I had paid greater attention to class size.

[CBG321]

I think I might have made that mistake as well. I think it's good to look at both stats, but I wish I had paid greater attention to class size.

 

Yeah, they are very different numbers.  I guess it just comes down to luck if you are one of the first accepted or a lot of ppl choose different schools.  Makes the process a little more confusing...

[hopefulslp2b]

What I did was look at both numbers and then compared them to the stats on the websites such as those stats you find completion rates, praxis rates and employment after graduation. I figured the number on that would be the number of the total number of students in the program.

[Lyra1960]

ASHA edfind should post the total number of students in each program (under grad, slp, aud, phd) as well as the incoming class size which can differ slightly from the target class size (because sometimes the admissions committee incorrectly predict the number who will accept/decline). I know that many schools do rounds, but I think many also send out all admissions around the same time and know that a certain percent will decline (usually around 60%). So in the later case, its not so much getting lucky (in rounds also many school do their top applicants first), schools just they admit many more people than the number of students who will actually accept. If you are simply trying to calculate your odds of getting in look at the total number of admission offers (of course assuming your statistics match somewhat those to admitted students). If you want to know how big the class will actually be when you arrive on your first day of class, look at the target class size. 

[CBG321]

What I did was look at both numbers and then compared them to the stats on the websites such as those stats you find completion rates, praxis rates and employment after graduation. I figured the number on that would be the number of the total number of students in the program.

 

Oh that's a good idea too, I haven't paid too much attention to those numbers yet

[CBG321]

ASHA edfind should post the total number of students in each program (under grad, slp, aud, phd) as well as the incoming class size which can differ slightly from the target class size (because sometimes the admissions committee incorrectly predict the number who will accept/decline). I know that many schools do rounds, but I think many also send out all admissions around the same time and know that a certain percent will decline (usually around 60%). So in the later case, its not so much getting lucky (in rounds also many school do their top applicants first), schools just they admit many more people than the number of students who will actually accept. If you are simply trying to calculate your odds of getting in look at the total number of admission offers (of course assuming your statistics match somewhat those to admitted students). If you want to know how big the class will actually be when you arrive on your first day of class, look at the target class size. 

 

Thank you!  Good advice.