michigan 2010 applicants Forum

[natalie123]

Just got the call from Dean Zearfoss! Full Darrow!! I am in love with Michigan now.

'YEAHHH!!! What are your stats?

[Unitas]

First of all, don't feel stupid. I think 99% of the people on this website think that yield, separate from the acceptance rate, plays a part in the USNWR rankings. IT DOES NOT!

Yep, you are correct. I messed it all up in my head. Plus the weight given to it is next to none.

[nixxers]

First of all, don't feel stupid. I think 99% of the people on this website think that yield, separate from the acceptance rate, plays a part in the USNWR rankings. IT DOES NOT!

Yep, you are correct. I messed it all up in my head. Plus the weight given to it is next to none.

then why do schools YP?

::feels really dense now::

[snickersnicker]

If someone with a 175+ and 3.8+ or something like that applies to a 14-6 ranked school, they're likely going to get into (and, supposedly, attend) a higher ranked school. As such, some schools will waitlist such candidates to protect their yield (number of attending versus admitted), which is a rankings consideration, or at least something which comes into consideration in regard to prestige.

[Lmao Zedong]

First of all, don't feel stupid. I think 99% of the people on this website think that yield, separate from the acceptance rate, plays a part in the USNWR rankings. IT DOES NOT!

Yep, you are correct. I messed it all up in my head. Plus the weight given to it is next to none.

then why do schools YP?

::feels really dense now::

because it still means a lower acceptance rate

[Helmholtz]

First of all, don't feel stupid. I think 99% of the people on this website think that yield, separate from the acceptance rate, plays a part in the USNWR rankings. IT DOES NOT!

Yep, you are correct. I messed it all up in my head. Plus the weight given to it is next to none.

then why do schools YP?

::feels really dense now::

I would argue that claims of YP are often vastly overused. I mean, schools can still play some games when it comes to their acceptance rate. If they don't think you're going to attend, they might not be so quick to "waste" an acceptance on you, but the number accepted as compared to the number who actually matriculate does not factor into the rankings in anyway. To me, personally, the whole "it's all about the numbers" spiel is exaggerated.

[Helmholtz]

If someone with a 175+ and 3.8+ or something like that applies to a 14-6 ranked school, they're likely going to get into (and, supposedly, attend) a higher ranked school. As such, some schools will waitlist such candidates to protect their yield (number of attending versus admitted), which is a rankings consideration, or at least something which comes into consideration in regard to prestige.

Dude, the yield rate is not a rankings consideration, that's what we're talking about.

[beesknees]

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[snickersnicker]

If someone with a 175+ and 3.8+ or something like that applies to a 14-6 ranked school, they're likely going to get into (and, supposedly, attend) a higher ranked school. As such, some schools will waitlist such candidates to protect their yield (number of attending versus admitted), which is a rankings consideration, or at least something which comes into consideration in regard to prestige.

Dude, the yield rate is not a rankings consideration, that's what we're talking about.

Hence why I said "or at least something which comes into consideration in regard to prestige." It's plain that a school with a 75% yield is going to hold more prestige than a similarly ranked school with a 38% yield. I also agree that YP claims are overblown, for what it's worth.

[beesknees]

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[Helmholtz]

I have a hard time believing that any applicant in the history of law school admissions ever compared schools' yield rates and somehow based a level of prestige off of those rates when trying to decide where to attend.

[snickersnicker]

I have a hard time believing that any applicant in the history of law school admissions ever compared schools' yield rates and somehow based a level of prestige off of those rates when trying to decide where to attend.

You must not know many law school applicants, Helm. Have you read some of the painfully nit-picky rankings factor posts on this forum?

[Helmholtz]

I have a hard time believing that any applicant in the history of law school admissions ever compared schools' yield rates and somehow based a level of prestige off of those rates when trying to decide where to attend.

You must not know many law school applicants, Helm. Have you read some of the painfully nit-picky rankings factor posts on this forum?

Yes, but that typically has to do with LSAT/GPA and assessment scores. People are nit-picky about NLJ250 placement and Article III clerkships, and these type of things have played on people's decisions, but I am apparently missing all the talk about which yield rates are better and somebody giving that as a reason to attend one school over another. I truly think that applicants don't care and the only way yield rates would come into consideration is if they were actually a part of the USNWR methodology (which they are not).

[BenJ]

I have a hard time believing that any applicant in the history of law school admissions ever compared schools' yield rates and somehow based a level of prestige off of those rates when trying to decide where to attend.

Indeed. YP is about being able to control the size of your incoming class. The behavior of an admitted students pool with a lot of people with auto-admit numbers is much harder to forecast than the behavior of an admitted students pool with a lot of people with borderline numbers. The borderline applicants will always attend at around 70%, maybe more (comparable to Yale's yield), which makes it easier for adcomms to figure out how many students they need to admit to get their target class size. Auto-admits attend at much lower rates, but can do so unpredictably, which makes the adcomm dependent on other adcomms as well as current economic circumstances, etc. for the yield, which can result in substantial overenrollment if the adcomm predicts the students' behaviors incorrectly.

[Space_Cowboy]

If someone with a 175+ and 3.8+ or something like that applies to a 14-6 ranked school, they're likely going to get into (and, supposedly, attend) a higher ranked school. As such, some schools will waitlist such candidates to protect their yield (number of attending versus admitted), which is a rankings consideration, or at least something which comes into consideration in regard to prestige.

Dude, the yield rate is not a rankings consideration, that's what we're talking about.

Hence why I said "or at least something which comes into consideration in regard to prestige." It's plain that a school with a 75% yield is going to hold more prestige than a similarly ranked school with a 38% yield. I also agree that YP claims are overblown, for what it's worth.

::facepalm::

[Torvon]

I have a hard time believing that any applicant in the history of law school admissions ever compared schools' yield rates and somehow based a level of prestige off of those rates when trying to decide where to attend.

You must not know many law school applicants, Helm. Have you read some of the painfully nit-picky rankings factor posts on this forum?

Yes, but that typically has to do with LSAT/GPA and assessment scores. People are nit-picky about NLJ250 placement and Article III clerkships, and these type of things have played on people's decisions, but I am apparently missing all the talk about which yield rates are better and somebody giving that as a reason to attend one school over another. I truly think that applicants don't care and the only way yield rates would come into consideration is if they were actually a part of the USNWR methodology (which they are not).

Maybe I missed it, but what is your theory on Michigan rejecting so many people with great numbers Helm?

[Helmholtz]

I have a hard time believing that any applicant in the history of law school admissions ever compared schools' yield rates and somehow based a level of prestige off of those rates when trying to decide where to attend.

You must not know many law school applicants, Helm. Have you read some of the painfully nit-picky rankings factor posts on this forum?

Yes, but that typically has to do with LSAT/GPA and assessment scores. People are nit-picky about NLJ250 placement and Article III clerkships, and these type of things have played on people's decisions, but I am apparently missing all the talk about which yield rates are better and somebody giving that as a reason to attend one school over another. I truly think that applicants don't care and the only way yield rates would come into consideration is if they were actually a part of the USNWR methodology (which they are not).

Maybe I missed it, but what is your theory on Michigan rejecting so many people with great numbers Helm?

Maybe it has to do with them trying to maintain a good acceptance rate, maybe they just didn't find enough to like about the candidate or didn't think they'd make a good fit, I don't know. But I do know they've already admitted some people with damn impressive numbers, and using some method, they differentiated the people with fantastic numbers who got an acceptance and people with fantastic numbers who were rejected.

[02082010]

Maybe it has to do with them trying to maintain a good acceptance rate, maybe they just didn't find enough to like about the candidate or didn't think they'd make a good fit, I don't know. But I do know they've already admitted some people with damn impressive numbers, and using some method, they differentiated the people with fantastic numbers who got an acceptance and people with fantastic numbers who were rejected.

Already trolling for Michigan? That didn't take long.

[Helmholtz]

Maybe it has to do with them trying to maintain a good acceptance rate, maybe they just didn't find enough to like about the candidate or didn't think they'd make a good fit, I don't know. But I do know they've already admitted some people with damn impressive numbers, and using some method, they differentiated the people with fantastic numbers who got an acceptance and people with fantastic numbers who were rejected.

Already trolling for Michigan? That didn't take long.

To be fair, I have always been a big fan of any of the HYSM schools.

[02082010]

Maybe it has to do with them trying to maintain a good acceptance rate, maybe they just didn't find enough to like about the candidate or didn't think they'd make a good fit, I don't know. But I do know they've already admitted some people with damn impressive numbers, and using some method, they differentiated the people with fantastic numbers who got an acceptance and people with fantastic numbers who were rejected.

Already trolling for Michigan? That didn't take long.

To be fair, I have always been a big fan of any of the HYSM schools.

HYSCCM, right?

[Torvon]

Maybe it has to do with them trying to maintain a good acceptance rate, maybe they just didn't find enough to like about the candidate or didn't think they'd make a good fit, I don't know. But I do know they've already admitted some people with damn impressive numbers, and using some method, they differentiated the people with fantastic numbers who got an acceptance and people with fantastic numbers who were rejected.

Just all seems so crazy. Also my question wasn't meant to be sarcastic at all, hope you didn't take it that way...up until about 10 minutes ago I thought YP was a strategy to protect rankings .

[Helmholtz]

Maybe it has to do with them trying to maintain a good acceptance rate, maybe they just didn't find enough to like about the candidate or didn't think they'd make a good fit, I don't know. But I do know they've already admitted some people with damn impressive numbers, and using some method, they differentiated the people with fantastic numbers who got an acceptance and people with fantastic numbers who were rejected.

Already trolling for Michigan? That didn't take long.

To be fair, I have always been a big fan of any of the HYSM schools.

HYSCCM, right?

YM if we're being picky.

[Helmholtz]

Maybe it has to do with them trying to maintain a good acceptance rate, maybe they just didn't find enough to like about the candidate or didn't think they'd make a good fit, I don't know. But I do know they've already admitted some people with damn impressive numbers, and using some method, they differentiated the people with fantastic numbers who got an acceptance and people with fantastic numbers who were rejected.

Just all seems so crazy. Also my question wasn't meant to be sarcastic at all, hope you didn't take it that way...up until about 10 minutes ago I thought YP was a strategy to protect rankings .

YP = practically nonexistent
ARP (acceptance rate protection) = possibly there, and I wouldn't be surprised if it plays a part in some decisions

[02082010]

YM if we're being picky.

Schools that are worth sticker? YM.

/thread.

[Helmholtz]

Now if we're talking UVA, after my waitlist, I feel like they clearly YP the hell out of just about everybody.