IVY League Statistics
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2008 Ivy League Admissions Statistics

 

 Ivy
League
Colleges

Overall Accept. Rate

Regular Decision Accept. Rate

Regular Decision Apps Accepted

Regular Decision Apps Received

Early Decision / Action Accept. Rate

Percent of Class Filled by Early Apps

Early Decision / Action Apps Received

Early Decision / Action Apps Accepted

 Expected Number of Students to Enroll

Total  Apps Received

Total  Apps  Accepted

Brown

15.8%

14%

1,872

13,361

28.3%

37.8%

1,907

540

1,428

15,268

2,412

Columbia

12.8%

10.8%

1,654

15,322

28.9%

42.1%

1,939

560

1,330

17,261

2,214

Cornell

28.7%

26.6%

4,856

18,270

43.9%

36%

2,550

1,119

3,105

20,820

5,975

Dartmouth

18.3%

16.8%

1,759

10,455

30%

35.4%

1,278

384

1,085

11,733

2,143

Harvard

10.3%

7.1%

1,123

15,861

23.3%

n/a*

3,889

906

1,650

19,750

2,029

Penn

21%

18.3%

2,726

14,891

33.1%

45%

3,387

1,120

2,490

18.278

3,846

Princeton

11.9%

8.8%

1,050

11,875

32%

50%

1,815

581

1,162

13,690

1,631

Yale

9.9%

8.2%

1,280

15,628

16.6%

n/a*

4,046

670

1,300

19,674

1,950

 

* n/a = not applicable since an Early Action Policy was in place

ivy league college admissions statistics 2008