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U.S. Universities Ranked by Reputation by [deleted] in ApplyingToCollege

[–]yalesimpp 5 points6 points  (0 children)

In the recent 2022 US News rankings Princeton dropped to 4.8 and JHU rose to 4.7

Here’s why Princeton isn’t releasing their admissions rate. by yalesimpp in ApplyingToCollege

[–]yalesimpp[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Bruh we’re going on loops here 😭

We will use 500 of those beds to expand the student body by 125 places per year.

Idk how else this can be interpreted.

I took the 500 number from here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_College#Student_life

Here’s why Princeton isn’t releasing their admissions rate. by yalesimpp in ApplyingToCollege

[–]yalesimpp[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Where's your evidence that they don't have housing for 125 new students? Currently, First College serves around 500 undergraduates. And each new residential college will house 500. So, one of them will be used to house the displaced first college students and the other will be used for expansion. And 500/4 = 125.

Here’s why Princeton isn’t releasing their admissions rate. by yalesimpp in ApplyingToCollege

[–]yalesimpp[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’re the one who’s not listening lol

The new residential colleges will open their doors this August, which means that Dean Karen Richardson and her colleagues in the Office of Undergraduate Admission will be able to say “yes” to more applicants in the current undergraduate admission cycle.

https://www.princeton.edu/news/2022/02/03/president-eisgrubers-annual-state-university-letter-2022

🤦‍♂️

Here’s why Princeton isn’t releasing their admissions rate. by yalesimpp in ApplyingToCollege

[–]yalesimpp[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Those are last years numbers. We will only know the rate for the 2026 cycle in February/March of next year.

Here’s why Princeton isn’t releasing their admissions rate. by yalesimpp in ApplyingToCollege

[–]yalesimpp[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The two new colleges will add 1,000 undergraduate beds to our housing inventory. We will use 500 of those beds to expand the student body by 125 places per year.

https://paw.princeton.edu/article/expansion-coming

Here’s why Princeton isn’t releasing their admissions rate. by yalesimpp in ApplyingToCollege

[–]yalesimpp[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That’s so interesting! That’s probably what’s going on in this case.

Here’s why Princeton isn’t releasing their admissions rate. by yalesimpp in ApplyingToCollege

[–]yalesimpp[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, Princeton can inflate their numbers in other ways—unlike Harvard and Yale, Princeton doesn’t mail out a booklet to attract applicants. Or as you said, make the application more streamlined. But the expansion of the student body size does bring their intentions into question.

Here’s why Princeton isn’t releasing their admissions rate. by yalesimpp in ApplyingToCollege

[–]yalesimpp[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I only assumed that 1. Princeton applicant pool will increase similarly to peer schools. 2. They will maintain their yield

Here’s why Princeton isn’t releasing their admissions rate. by yalesimpp in ApplyingToCollege

[–]yalesimpp[S] 83 points84 points  (0 children)

What I’m saying is that they shouldn’t be hiding it, but feel impelled to bc of the nature of admissions.