IVY League Statistics
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2011 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

13.5%

12.3%

2,054

16,737

22.7%

35.2%

2,307

523

1,485

19,044

2,577

Columbia

10.4%

8.5%

1,616

18,914

24.5%

44%

2,429

594

1,350

21,343

2,210

Cornell

20.5%

18.7%

5,126

27,365

36.6%

36.2%

3,017

1,103

3,050

30,382

6,229

Dartmouth

15.3%

13.8%

1,785

12,891

29.6%

35.2%

1,285

380

1,080

14,176

2,165

Harvard

9%

6.2%

1,183

18,947

21.8%

n/a*

4,008

875

1,675

22,955

2,058

Penn

15.9%

13.1%

2,450

18,633

29%

48.3%

4,001

1,160

2,400

22,634

3,610

Princeton

9.5%

7.2%

1,194

16,605

25.5%

48%

2,337

597

1,245

18,942

1,791

Yale

9.6%

7.3%

1,151

15,729

19.7%

  n/a*

3,594

709

1,340

19,323

1,860

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

2011 ivy league admission statistics