【子女教育】福布斯: 2023年大学ED（Early Decision）录取数据分析，和去年比趋势上的变化

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福布斯分析文章

Early Decision Acceptance Rate Trends: What Changed In 2022-23
Kristen Moon

More Students Applying Early Decision

Over the past few years, admission officers have seen an increase in the number of students opting for ED, making it more competitive than ever. Brown University received 6,770 early decision applicants, a 10% increase from the previous year. According to their website, this is the fifth year in a row that the number of applicants for ED have increased. Dartmouth College saw a 14% increase in the number of ED applicants and had a lower acceptance rate (19%) than the previous two years. Yale University also saw a considerable increase; the early application pool for the Class of 2027 was 35% larger than the Class of 2024’s.

More Underrepresented Students Gaining Admission

Universities continue to place a priority on accepted underrepresented or first-generation students. For Washington University in St Louis, 12% of ED admits are eligible for the Pell Grant and 13% are the first in their families to attend college. At Johns Hopkins University, 17% of the admitted students are the first in their families to attend college. Of Dartmouth College’s accepted students, 17% came from low-income areas.

Big Changes In Acceptance Rates

Some schools either had a significant drop off in acceptance rate or, perhaps more surprisingly, an increase. For example, Vanderbilt accepted 24.1% of its ED applicants this year, compared to 17.6% from the 2021-22 cycle. Northeastern saw a similar increase, having accepted almost 6% more ED applicants than the previous year. However, quite a few schools saw the opposite: Duke’s ED acceptance rate dropped about 5%, and the University of Georgia's Early Acceptance rate decreased by almost 10% compared to the 2022-23 application cycle.

Colleges Not Releasing Data
Last year, Princeton University, Columbia University, Stanford University and Cornell University did not release their early action and early decision acceptance rates. This year, they continued this trend, with the University of Pennsylvania joining them. Stanford has opted since 2018 not to release the data, saying that it has no interest in being part of the “race” to becoming the most competitive schools. “It is not something that empowers students in finding a college that is the best match for their interests, which is what the focus of the entire process should be,” explained Stanford Provost Persis Drell.

More Students Going Test Optional

Michaela Schieffer, a counselor at Moon Prep, says for the time being, test-optional is here to stay. Test-optional can be a strong option for students with a solid academic record and strong extracurricular activities but weren’t able to achieve a high score on either of the standardized tests. Schieffer explains that many more of her students are going this route. This year, 38% of admitted ED1 Emory College students and 41% of admitted ED1 Oxford students did not submit a test score.

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Early Decision Rates For Top Schools

School Early Round Acceptance Rate 2022-2023 Early Round Acceptance Rate 2021-2022 Early Round Acceptance Rate 2020-2021


Barnard College 25% 29% 24
Boston College 30% 28% 39
Boston University 29% 26% 33
Brown University 12.98% 14.60% 16
California Institute of Technology (Caltech) 4% 4% 4
Columbia University Not reported 10.31% 10
Cornell University Not Reported Not Reported 21
Dartmouth 19% 20.10% 21
Duke 16.50% 21% 17
Emory 37.10% 36.50% 26
Georgetown University 12% 10% 11
Harvard 7.60% 7.90% 7
Johns Hopkins University 19.74% 21% 15
MIT 5.70% 4.70% 5
Northeastern 38.90% 33% 51
Notre Dame 15.20% 17% 22
Rice University Not reported 18.75% 18
Stanford University Not reported Not reported Not reported
University of Pennsylvania Not reported 15.60% 16
University of Virginia 31.1% (ED) 31.6% (ED) 33% (ED)
Vanderbilt 24.10% 17.60% 18
Wash U St. Louis 35% 27% 29
Williams College 27.04% 31.30% 33
Yale 10% 10.90% 11