{"id":2434,"date":"2018-09-04T09:28:04","date_gmt":"2018-09-04T13:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/?p=2434"},"modified":"2018-09-04T09:28:04","modified_gmt":"2018-09-04T13:28:04","slug":"stanford-will-no-longer-issue-press-releases-about-admit-rates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2018\/09\/04\/stanford-will-no-longer-issue-press-releases-about-admit-rates\/","title":{"rendered":"Stanford Will No Longer Issue Press Releases About Admit Rates"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2435\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2435\" style=\"width: 724px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Stanford.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2435 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Stanford.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"724\" height=\"483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Stanford.jpg 724w, https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Stanford-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2435\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stanford University (iStock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>What\u2019s the admit rate at Stanford University (CA)?<\/p>\n<p>For this year\u2019s freshman class, it was 4.3 percent, according to a statement released by the university in the spring.<\/p>\n<p>But moving forward, the institution will no longer use media releases to tout its selectivity.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen Stanford publicizes its admission numbers during the enrollment cycle, the main result we observe is stories that aim to identify which universities experience the most demand and have the lowest admit rates,\u201d Stanford Provost Persis Drell said in a statement released last week. That is not a race we are interested in being a part of, and 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Too often, when released widely, admit rate data can go against the institution\u2019s larger goal of attracting a freshman class of \u201cpromising students of all backgrounds,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want students to know that when we encourage them to apply to Stanford, it\u2019s not because we wish to be known as a most competitive university with a low admit rate,\u201d Drell said.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s also the danger that \u201cby focusing on the admit rate, talented students who would thrive at Stanford may opt not to apply because they think Stanford seems out of reach. And that would be a shame,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Stanford will continue to report its application data to the federal government, so its admit rates will continue to be public information. The big difference is that the institution will no longer promote its selectivity to the media.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.stanford.edu\/2018\/08\/30\/stanford-will-no-longer-announce-undergraduate-application-numbers\/\">Read Stanford\u2019s press release about the change<\/a> and share your thoughts in the comment section below.<\/p>\n<p><em>Admitted<\/em>\u00a0<em>writer\/editor Mary Stegmeir welcomes additional comments and story ideas at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:mstegmeir@nacacnet.org\">mstegmeir@nacacnet.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What\u2019s the admit rate at Stanford University (CA)? For this year\u2019s freshman class, it was 4.3 percent, according to a statement released by the university in the spring. But moving forward, the institution will no longer use media releases to tout its selectivity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-college-admission","category-college-admission-in-the-news"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Mary Stegmeir","author_link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/author\/mstegmeir\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peWmJq-Dg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2434\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}