Yale received 26,000 applications this year, compared to 22,817 last year.  1,951 students, or 7.5 percent, were admitted, compared to 8.3 percent last year.

Yale admitted 742 early action applicants out of 5,556 early applicants, for an acceptance rate of 13.4 percent.  Yale admitted 1,209 out of its 20,444 regular decision applicants.  Factoring in the 2,644 students deferred for early admission into the regular applicant pool, the regular admit rate is 5.4 percent.