Acceptance/Rejection Rates

[boxboss]

I don't think this will surprise anyone who has looked back at last year's result's forum information, but there is a definite trend towards a lower acceptance/rejection ratio as the season goes on. Here are the numbers I put together from last year (just doing a ctrl+f on the results page, broken down into 50-item chunks).

12 Jan - 16 Feb:

20 accept / 11 reject = 0.64

17 Feb -24 Feb:

21 accept / 22 reject = 0.49

24 Feb -27 Feb:

12 accept / 25 reject = 0.32

27 Feb -2 March:

9 accept /32 reject = 0.22

2 March - 5 March:

11 accept / 32 reject = 0.25

5 March - 10 March:

14 accept / 28 reject = 0.33

10 March - 12 March:

5 accept / reject 36 = 0.12

12 March - 18 March

9 accept / 36 reject = 0.2

Doesn't tell you anything about your schools, of course, but it gives you the general trend. There does seem to be a little boost around the 3-10 of March, which I'm assuming are wait-listed acceptances, but who knows.

[meg0822]

huh.. that's really interesting data. thanks for sharing!

[Sarah S.]

this is interesting! kind of sad for people still waiting.