Stanford Yield May Be Highest Ever
Friday, May 7th, 2010According to The Stanford Daily, a record 72% to 73% of the 2,300 students admitted to Stanford this year have accepted their offers.
The Stanford Daily reported this information ahead of Shawn Abbott’s departure for New York University. Abbott wrote in an email to the Daily, “It looks as though our yield this year will be our strongest ever.”
Stanford University Director of Admission Shawn Abbott resigned effective May 14, 2010 to begin a new job at New York University.
Abbott’s four-year tenure at Stanford has seen record numbers of applicants to the university. Stanford set another record this spring by admitting only 7.2%of more than 32,000 applicants to the Class of 2014.
Before coming to Stanford, Abbott was senior associate director of admissions at Columbia University. Prior to that, he worked in admissions at Boston University.
