college yield Archives - College Initiative Helping families to successfully navigate the college admissions process Mon, 27 Oct 2025 19:59:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://collegeinitiative.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/cropped-logoSQUARE-02-e1683223180849-32x32.png college yield Archives - College Initiative 32 32 What is a College Likely Letter? https://collegeinitiative.net/2021/11/22/college-likely-letter/ Mon, 22 Nov 2021 18:17:44 +0000 https://collegeinitiative.net/?p=2517 What is a college "likely letter" and who is likely to get one of them? What does it mean if you don't receive one?

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]]> Why Does the College Admissions Yield Rate Matter? https://collegeinitiative.net/2019/04/09/admissions-yield/ Tue, 09 Apr 2019 19:38:40 +0000 http://collegeinitiative.net/?p=1480 Do you know what a college admissions yield is? It is the thing that keeps admissions officers up at night, especially in the month leading to national decision day, on May 1st. While March drags for students as they await admissions decisions, April is the month that feels endless for admissions officers. That’s because the...

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]]> Are Colleges Getting More or Less Selective? https://collegeinitiative.net/2018/02/19/colleges-getting-more-or-less-selective/ Tue, 20 Feb 2018 00:25:54 +0000 http://collegeinitiative.net/?p=409 A prominent university in my state recently announced their admissions decisions.  I was only peripherally aware of it.   I had noted somewhere in the back of my mind though, that my social media feed didn’t show any parents excitedly announcing their child’s acceptance.  It seemed odd because I had seen lots of posts about another...

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