IVY League Statistics
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2012 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

13.3%

12.0%

2,182

18,170

22.7%

37.6%

2,460

558

1,485

20,630

2,740

Columbia

10.0%

8.4%

1,672

19,997

23.1%

44.2%

2,582

597

1,350

22,597

2,269

Cornell

20.4%

18.7%

5,591

29,916

36.8%

37.3%

3,095

1,139

3,050

33,011

6,730

Dartmouth

13.2%

11.8%

1,790

15,108

28.0%

36.7%

1,428

400

1,090

16,536

2,190

Harvard

7.1%

7.1%

1,948

27,462

n/a*

n/a*

n/a*

n/a*

1,675

27,462

1,948

Penn

16.4%

13.8%

2,622

18,993

29.2%

47.8%

3,929

1,147

2,400

22,922

3,769

Princeton

9.3%

9.3%

1,976

21,262

n/a*

n/a*

n/a*

n/a*

1,245

21,262

1,976

Yale

8.3%

5.6%

1,007

17,925

18.1%

  n/a*

4,888

885

1,320

22,813

1,892

 

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

2012 ivy league admission statistics