acceptance rates
Who gets in
Acceptance rates measure the proportion of applicants admitted to an institution or program, typically expressed as a percentage.
A university with a 5% acceptance rate admits 5 of every 100 applicants.
Lower rates generally signal greater selectivity and prestige: Harvard's acceptance rate has dropped to under 4%.
The term appears most often in discussions of college admissions but applies to any competitive selection process—graduate programs, fellowships, job applications.
- college admissionsEntry to undergraduate study
- admissionsActs of letting in
- waitlistRoster of pending hopefuls
- percentageProportion out of hundred
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