Princeton Admits 21.1% of Early Action Applicants

As of this afternoon, Princeton has offered 726 students spots in the Class of 2016 from a 3,443-person applicant pool, the University announced at 3pm today.  It's the first time Princeton has offered students the option of applying Early Action--meaning that admitted students are not contractually obligated to attend, and may apply to other schools for Regular Decision if they so choose--since 2006, when Harvard, Princeton, and the University of Virginia all simultaneously eliminated their Early Decision programs.  Harvard took 772 students for the Class of 2016 out of 4,245 applicants, with an acceptance rate of 18.2%, while Yale had an 18% dip in Early Action applications this year, due in part to Princeton and Harvard's reinstated programs.

Jury's still out on how many admitted students will matriculate, though Dean Janet Rapeleye has said that the accepted Early Action students should represent about a third of the year's total admits.To read more about Princeton's Early Action pool for 2016, including a demographic breakdown for admitted students, click here.