Secondary to Primary App Ratio

[fmpak93]

Maybe this question is too subjective or asks for too heavy of an approximation, but what would you guys say is the average ratio. Meaning how many of X folks who apply to a school through AMCAS to X school do the secondaries for X school.

Maybe .85 to .90 ratio for in-state students applying to in-state schools and .60 to .70 for students applying to an out of state school?

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[p53apoptosis]

I haven't seen the stats published for many schools except for Emory. They state that last year they received 7463 applications, and 5642 were completed. So roughly 75% of people who submitted their application completed the secondary.

 

[Zelda840]

Wow - that is crazy. Why would people pay to add a school to their primary and not send in the secondary?

 

[hoihaie]

Wow - that is crazy. Why would people pay to add a school to their primary and not send in the secondary?

too burnt out to write anymore essays i suppose

 

[claduva94]

6159/9524 fill out Loyola's. I imagine most people fill out those without essays but for schools like Miami, that number is probably pretty low.

 

[About28]

Wow this is a great question, I didn't suit one secondary last cycle but that was due to monetary reasons. I would want to know this too.

 

[Heplayer92]

This is a pretty good point. I was actually surprised at this difference as well. This means for most schools, their "acceptance rate" includes people who didn't even finish the application process...

At the same time it still makes me feel uneasy for some reason XD

Oh well

 

[claduva94]

This is a pretty good point. I was actually surprised at this difference as well. This means for most schools, their "acceptance rate" includes people who didn't even finish the application process...

At the same time it still makes me feel uneasy for some reason XD

Oh well

The Tufts Fact Book doesn't include them in its acceptance rate.
http://provost.tufts.edu/institutionalresearch/files/2012-2013-Fact-Book.pdf

 

[Heplayer92]

The Tufts Fact Book doesn't include them in its acceptance rate.
http://provost.tufts.edu/institutionalresearch/files/2012-2013-Fact-Book.pdf

You mean does? =P

That's pretty cool that they do that. Michigan did that too on their Twitter Feed. But sources like MSAR and most schools that I've seen for "class profile" data include the total verified applications. Hehe

 

[claduva94]

You mean does? =P

That's pretty cool that they do that. Michigan did that too on their Twitter Feed. But sources like MSAR and most schools that I've seen for "class profile" data include the total verified applications. Hehe

Hey if it means an extra 2% chance of getting accepted I'll take it.

 

[2Infinity]

I was thinking about this the other day (when I didn't feel like filling out my secondary ). I wish this would show up on the MSAR somewhere, but doubt it would be any help in the long run. Other than knowing there's actually less people to compete with.

 

[About28]

I think this is relevant to the question: for the schools that screen, does anybody know how many secondaries they send out compared to the number of apps they receive?