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	◆ The University of Pennsylvania has the highest percentage of international students in the Ivy League. ◆ In 1996, Yale rejected about 72% of the applicants who scored between 700-800 on their verbal SAT I and rejected about 76% of its applicants who scored between 700-800 on their math SAT I. ◆ A 2002 study at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University equated the advantage of applying early to a 100 point increase in your SAT score. ◆ In the Fall of 2003, Harvard, Yale, and Stanford Universities all changed their early admissions policies, to "single-choice early action," in which students may apply early to only one school, but are not bound to attend if they are admitted. ◆ Yale had a 42% increase in Early applications and accepted only 17%. ◆ Harvard had a decrease of 47% in Early applications and accepted 23%. ◆ Stanford's Early applicants increased by 62% and accepted 19%. ◆ Princeton University's Early Decision applications dropped 23%. ◆ Columbia will admit 43 to 45% of its incoming class from the early applicant pool. ◆ In the last 5 years Ivy League schools have all had a decreased their admittance rates: Brown -1%, Columbia -5%, Cornell -5%, Dartmouth -5%, Harvard -3%, UPenn -10%, Princeton -1%, Yale -4% ◆ Columbia took almost 29% of its class of 2007 on Early Decision. ◆ The University of Pennsylvania took over 30%. ◆ 19% of the Columbia's Early Decision pool was deferred: The admittance rate for their Early Decision defers is 15%. 52% of their Early Decision pool was denied admission. ◆ Princeton’s application requires 4 short personal essays and 13 “hodge podge” questions that change from year to year. ◆ Brown University requires you to hand-write your personal essay and does not numerically rank their waitlisted students, which may vary from 15-150 students. ◆ The University of Pennsylvania took 82% of its students in 2002 from out-of-state. ◆ 98% of Dartmouth’s class of 2006 is comprised of out-of-state students. ◆ The College Board changed the rules for reporting SAT II scores, effective June 2002. By ending “Score Choice”, all scores are automatically forwarded to schools.