6/6/02 Duke Chronicle: "Yield keeps steady as applicants rose: Class of 
2006 diversity also constant,"
	Although undergraduate application numbers set a record high this 
year and Duke's acceptance rate was the lowest in school history, 
matriculation yield remained a stagnant 43.4% for the Class of 2006, 
according to the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. 
	As of Tuesday, 1,620 high school seniors had told Duke they would 
matriculate in August, up from 1,587 in 2001, when 44% of those accepted 
decided to enroll. Director of Undergrduate Admissions Christoph Guttentag 
said the final yield for this year and last should be almost identical, as his 
office continues to hear from students accepted off the waitlist. 
	The number of applicants was an all-time high of 15,892. 
	Just over 33% of those matriculating listed themselves as a 
member of a minority group when applying, about the same as last year. 
Asian students again are the most highly represented, with a total of 239, or 
just under 15%. Black students compose about 10.5% with 170 students, 
along with 122 Latino students (7.5%) and five Native American 
students (0.3%). About 61% of the class listed themselves as white, and 
almost 6% did not select a race when applying. Guttentag added 
that just 10 years ago, only 23% of the admitted class were 
minorities. 
	Seventy-five of the matriculating students are from other countries.

4/3/02 The MIT: "1,689 students accepted out 10,644 for the Class of 2006"
MIT expects 1,000 (including 10 transfer students) of the 1,689 admitted 
students to matriculate in the fall.  The class of 2005 yielded 1,033 students 
from 1,787 admitted. 

4/10/02 Princetonian: "Selectivity rises in Ivy League," 
	Princeton admitted only 10.8% of applicants for the Class of 2006, 
making this year's process one of the most competitive on record. 
	Harvard admitted 10.5% of applicants, slightly lower than last year's 
10.7%. Harvard accepted 2,068 and rejected more than 17,500 students. 
	Dartmouth accepted 2,077 of 10,193 applicants, and its admit rate 
went down from 22.8% to 20%.
	Columbia admitted 1,637 students from 14,137 for the Class of 2006 
and mailed acceptance letters to 11.5% of total applicants. 
	The U. of Penn accepted 3,690, a little more than 20% of the total 
number of applicants. 
	Yale's admission rate dropped by half a percentage point from last 
year to an all-time low of 13%, welcoming 1,459 of the 15,443 applicants. 
	Brown was the only Ivy with a higher acceptance rate than last year. 
Of the 14,521 applicants for 2006, 1,575 were offered admission.  Of those, 
585 were admitted through the early decision program.  Brown Dean of 
Admissions Michael Goldberger attributed the higher acceptance rate to the 
university's recent transition from a nonbinding early application to an early 
decision program that drew fewer students.  Early applications to Brown 
dropped from 5,200 last year to 1,900 this year, causing an overall decrease 
in applications compared to last year.  Overall, Brown received 14,606, down 
from 16,601 for the Class of 2005.  The acceptance rate only rose from 16% 
to 16.7%. 
	Though Cornell had a slight drop in applications for the Class of 2006, 
the admission rate across Cornell's seven schools managed to drop from 
25.7% to 24.3%, the Cornell Daily Sun reported. Cornell rejected slightly more 
than 10,000 students. 

3/28/02 Stanford Report: "Stanford offers admission to 2,320 for the Class 
of 2006,"
    Stanford will make offers of admission to 2,320 students for the Class of 2006.
    Only 12.4% of the applicants for fall 2002 were offered admission, compared with 12.7% for fall 2001 and 13.2% for fall 2000. Total 
applications held steady at approximately 19,000.
    For the first time in the university's history, more than half the admitted students are people of color: 13% are African American, 24% are Asian American, 10% are Mexican American, 3% are other Latino, and 2% are Native American/Native Hawaiian.
    In addition, international students -- from more than 40 countries -- make 
up 5% of the admitted class.
    Roughly 90% of those offered admission, for whom class rankings were reported, were ranked within the top 10% of their high school class, and 
nearly 75% of the admitted students earned a GPA of 4.0 or higher.


4/9/02 Swarthmore: "Swarthmore Admits 892 Students to Class of 2006,"
    A total of 892 students, including 154 notified during early-decision 
period, have been accepted 23% of the more than 3,900 who applied. 
Based on previous admissions patterns, Swarthmore expects the group of admitted students to yield a first-year class of roughly 375 for next fall. 
    Of the admitted students who come from high schools that report class 
rank, 35% are valedictorians or salutatorians. 53% percent are in the top 
2% of their high school class, and 93% in the top decile.
    43% of the admittees identify themselves as American students of color. 
Asian Americans make up 16% of the admitted class; African Americans, 
12%; Latin students, 14%; 1% Native American/Hawaiian/other.
    Canada, with five students, is the most common country of origin among international students in the admitted class. Four each are from France, 
Hong Kong, Pakistan, and Thailand followed by three each from Bulgaria, China, Ghana, Japan, and Singapore.
    9/12/02 Swarthmore: "The Class of 2006 by the numbers,"
    375 students: 192 women, 183 men 
    1450 median SAT score 
    3,933 original applicants 
    24% offered admission 
    5% identify themselves as African American; 7% Latina/o; and 
16% Asian American; 2% Native American/Hawaiian native/other, and 0.5% multiracial American
    7% are international students 

10/10/02 Swarthmore: "Swarthmore Opens Classes for 134th Year,"
    The Class of 2006 includes 375 students.  The median SAT score for 
the class is 1450.  The class comes from an original pool of 3,933 
applicants, of whom 24% were offered admission.  Of the American 
students in the Class of 2006, 16% identify themselves as Asian American.  7% of the class is made up of international students.

4/10/02 Tufts Daily: "Admission decisions sent to class of 2006. 
    The University admitted 23% of applicants from a record pool of 
14,300 applications this year.
    The racial diversity of applicants admitted to the Class of 2006 was 
similar to that of last year's class, although there was a sizeable increase 
in the number of Asian American applicants admitted. This year, 11% of 
admitted students are African American, 11% are Latino, and 20% are 
Asian American. Last year, 10% were African American, 12% were Latino,
and 15% were Asian American.
    On average, accepted students ranked in the top 6% of their high 
school class.
    The middle 50% of SAT I Verbal scores ranged from 640 to 740, 
while for the Math portion it ranged from 670 to 750. Engineering 
applicants were in the top 5% of their high school classes on average. The 
middle 50% had SAT scores ranging from 640 to 730 for Verbal and from 
710 to 780 in Math.
    In the past few years, 30 to 37% of accepted students have enrolled 
at Tufts. 
    Despite fears that Tufts would see a sizeable decrease in international 
applicants in the aftermath of Sept. 11, overseas applicants were plentiful - 
more, in fact, than the number of applicants from New Jersey, among the most represented states at Tufts.
    Turkey, South Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore, Canada, China, 
Japan, and Switzerland were the most popular countries represented. Over 
17% of admitted students were foreign citizens, permanent residents, or US 
citizens living overseas. Nearly 5% were dual citizens and for 26%, 
English is not their first language or the language spoken in their home.

4/5/02 Daily California (Berkeley):  "Berkeley Admits First Class Using Comprehensive Review: Percentage of Underrepresented Minorities 
Admitted Increases Slightly,"
    For the fourth year since racial preferences were banned from the UC admissions process, the number of underrepresented minorities admitted to 
UC Berkeley remained below levels established during the affirmative action 
era.
    The percentage of admits belonging to underrepresented minority groups increased slightly over last year, continuing a trend of gradual increase that 
began after underrepresented minority admittance sharply fell in 1998.
    In 1997, 22% of admits were American Indian, African American or Latino. 
In 1998 that number fell to 10%. At 15.9%, the statistic slightly increased this 
year over last. But with significant changes to university policy taking effect 
since last year's class was admitted, some officials had hoped for a more marked increase in minority enrollment.
    The 2002 admits were the first class selected using the comprehensive admissions process that replaced a two-tiered system that accepted some students solely based on academics. And last summer, the UC Board of 
Regents repealed the university provisions that banned affirmative action, 
a move that had only symbolic significance because racial preferences 
are still banned in state agencies by Proposition 209.
    Assistant Vice Chancellor for Admissions and Enrollment Richard Black 
said the numbers were not surprising. He also said that despite expectations 
by some that the new admissions process would greatly boost minority enrollment, UC Berkeley admissions officials did not expect comprehensive review would significantly alter demographics. "This is really the fairest and 
most thorough review we have ever had," Black said.
    But because of constraints on the campus's growth, UC Berkeley officials reduced the number of students admitted from last year, accepting 8,492 students, 215 fewer than the previous year. The reduction ends a three-year 
trend of slow growth that is needed to accommodate an influx of students 
born of baby boomers, called Tidal Wave II.
    With a record number of students applying for admission to UC Berkeley 
and fewer being accepted, the campus became more competitive this spring. This year, only 23% of applicants were admitted.
    Because fewer students were admitted, a move also required because 
more and more students are accepting the offer to attend UC Berkeley, the numbers of students admitted in all ethnic groups declined. The largest 
decline by percentage of the class was among American Indians, as only 42 
were admitted.
    The UC system as a whole grew 4.9% this year, despite the decline in the number of admits at its flagship campus. Slots as undergraduates at the 
eight UC campuses were offered to 48,369 students. In the system over all, the number of underrepresented minorities did increase by 648 admits.
    Latinos saw the biggest boost, with 515 additional acceptance letters 
being sent to members of the ethnic group.
    UC spokesperson Hanan Eisenman said comprehensive 
review had only a "modest impact" on the minority enrollment increase, and instead credited outreach efforts for the gains.
    Black said he hoped the regent's repeal of their affirmative action ban 
also played a role in greater minority acceptance. The regents' repeal was intended to replace a welcome mat for minorities that some said had been yanked out along with affirmative action. The number of UC applications from minorities did increase this year as they did the previous year.
    The number of applications from whites also climbed. The Berkeley 
campus also received more applications from all ethnic groups except American Indians.

4/9/02 Daily Pennsylvanian: "Admission numbers drop for 2006: Only about 
21% of total applicants were accepted this year,"
    Of the 15,745 students who applied using the regular decision option this 
year, only 2,635 people were admitted, comprising only 16.7% of all regular decision applicants. Last year, Penn accepted 18.2% of the regular decision applicants, the previous regular decision selectivity record. These candidates 
join the 1,182 accepted under early decision, who together make up only 21.1% of all applicants, down from last year's record low of 21.5%.
    Last year, 58% of those accepted under regular decision matriculated, and 
this year's yield may push 60%.
    This year, 2,496 of the 11,989 College of Arts and Sciences applicants were admitted, representing 20.8% of the applicants. Last year, 21.7% of the applicants were accepted. The Wharton School received 3,577 applicants, accepting 520 or 14.5%, up from last year's 14%. However, the School of Engineering and Applied Science experienced a drop in applicants -- contributing to an overall drop in applications to Penn this year -- receiving 
3,018 compared to last year's 3,380. SEAS accepted 851 students for an acceptance rate of 28.2%, compared to an acceptance rate of 27.1% last year. And the School of Nursing accepted 93 of its 198 applicants, or 47%, down 
from last year's 57.1%.
    The average SAT I score jumped seven points this year to a composite score of 1419. The average math section score went up six points to 722, while the verbal score underwent a modest increase of one point to 697. The average SAT II score went up five points from last year to 715, and the average high school GPA for the Class of 2006 is between 3.65 and 3.7.
    Slightly more than 40% of the candidates are minority students, with 8.8% being of black or African-American, and 7.5% Hispanic.
    This year, 9.5% of the acceptance letters went to students representing 78 foreign countries.


4/4/02 Yale Daily News: "Yale admits 2,008 to Class of '06: 13% admit rate is lowest ever as applicants learn their fate online for 1st time,"
   Yale sent acceptance letters to 1,459 students, inviting them to join the Class of 2006. With the record-high 15,443 applications Yale received this year, the competition for those 2,008 slots was tighter than ever before, yielding an admittance rate of 13.0%. Last year's admittance rate was
13.5%, with 2,000 students accepted out of a total applicant pool of 14,809.
    Of the people admitted to the Class of 2006, 42% are minority students.
   Dartmouth College accepted 2,077 of its 10,160 applicants, while the Massachusetts Institute of Technology had 10,664 applicants and accepted 1,690 students.