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NATIONAL MERIT scholars for 2006, enrollment by school
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Date: January 31st, 2007 8:42 PM Author: Lemon Hell Ratface Schools enrolling more than 25 externally-sponsored scholars (and change from last year)
Harvard 294 (+7) Yale 186 (-46) Princeton 153 (-27) Stanford 153 (-41) MIT 135 (+4) Duke 118 (+1) U Penn 100 (-1) Brown 94 (+32) Berkeley 70 (+20) Dartmouth 69 (+5) Wash U 66 (+17) Cornell 64 (+29) Columbia 62 (-9) Michigan 58 (-1) Texas 58 (-2) Notre Dame 56 (+7) Georgetown 50 (+8) Northwestern 50 (+9) Rice 50 (-9) Florida 45 (+3) Chicago 37 (-11) Southern Cal 32 (+1) North Carolina 31 (0) Virginia 31 (-5) Texas A&M 31 (-4) Arizona State 30 (+10) Caltech 29 (-15)
And the top LACs (with more than 10 winners):
Amherst 22 (-1) Carleton 20 (+3) Swarthmore 19 (-1) Pomona 18 (+3) Williams 16 (-7) Harvey Mudd 14 (+2) Wellesley 12 (+3)
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Date: January 31st, 2007 9:14 PM Author: contagious balding dog poop Subject: The numbers for the leaders were posted 2 weeks ago here. http://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=564737&mc=16&forum_id=1 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=572893&forum_id=1#7521166) |
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Date: January 31st, 2007 10:26 PM Author: Duck-like vivacious meetinghouse corn cake per capita numbers? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=572893&forum_id=1#7521675) |
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Date: January 31st, 2007 10:52 PM Author: Lemon Hell Ratface NMS winners as % of entering class:
Harvard 17.5% Yale 14.1% Caltech 13.6% MIT 13.4% Princeton 12.4% Stanford 9.3% Harvey Mudd 7.6% Duke 7.0% Rice 6.9% Dartmouth 6.4% Brown 6.2% Amherst 5.1% Swarthmore 5.1% Pomona 4.8% Columbia 4.7% Wash U 4.6% U Penn 4.2% Carleton 3.9% Georgetown 3.2% Williams 3.0% U Chicago 2.9% Notre Dame 2.8% Northwestern 2.6% Cornell 2.0% Wellesley 2.0% Berkeley 1.7% Less than 1% for the other schools on the list
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Date: February 1st, 2007 11:35 AM Author: shivering range quadroon Subject: You could argue that those are the best 26 schools in the country, in order. I wouldn't have thought that Harvey Mudd would be so high, although don't know very much about it, and Cornell is probably too low because of the impact of its hotel and architecture schools. However, if you take them out it's only 2.2% and Cornell would still be #24. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=572893&forum_id=1#7523874) |
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Date: February 1st, 2007 2:51 PM Author: Lemon Hell Ratface One thing that may be worth taking into account is that the NMSC-sponsored awards are made on a state-representational basis, which means that not all states have the same cutoff scores. The highest cutoffs are in some of the northeast and mid-atlantic states and the lowest cutoffs are in the mountain west and deep south. This probably biases the results a bit (if you're taking it as a ranking) in favor of schools drawing more heavily from states with low cutoffs. But then again, the top-rated northeastern schools probably do as well recruiting in those states as anyone does. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=572893&forum_id=1#7524855) |
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Date: February 1st, 2007 3:00 PM Author: shivering range quadroon That would probably be meaningful in trying to compare different state schools, but not so much private schools with a national draw. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=572893&forum_id=1#7524898) |
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Date: February 1st, 2007 6:26 PM Author: sable demanding hunting ground Subject: So for the enrolled class of 2005, Yale had more Scholars per capita than Harvard, 17.8% to 17.1% of the respective classes, a fact that must shake NYCFan to the core! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=572893&forum_id=1#7526094) |
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Date: February 1st, 2007 6:34 PM Author: Talented obsidian piazza it has been previously calculated as 17.5% for both schools in 2005. perhaps you just picked and chose enrollment numbers to support your case, though, as is your wont. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=572893&forum_id=1#7526124) |
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Date: February 1st, 2007 7:38 PM Author: shivering range quadroon Subject: Only on xoxo could someone be concerned about whether Yale had 17.8% or 17.5% NMFs in a given year. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=572893&forum_id=1#7526584) |
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Date: February 1st, 2007 8:39 PM Author: infuriating electric church laser beams how did yale come up 46 short this year?! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=572893&forum_id=1#7526984) |
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Date: February 1st, 2007 9:25 PM Author: Lemon Hell Ratface Unclear to me, but it parallels recent declines in the NMS enrollment levels at Harvard and Stanford (down from around 400 and 250 a few years ago). I'd attribute it to a de-emphasis on standardized test scores, and the change at Stanford is consistent with their declining SAT average. On the other hand, the SAT averages at Yale and Harvard appear to be at all-time highs, so it's a bit of a puzzle. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=572893&forum_id=1#7527346) |
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Date: May 1st, 2007 6:50 PM Author: contagious balding dog poop In Harvard's case, I would attribute it to:
(1) a deliberate de-emphasis on SAT scores, and a deliberate and fairly dramatic swing to students from (a) the lowest economic quadrant, and (b) applicants from rural, Southern and Western areas where NMS winners are less numerous, and a spurt in international applicants;
(2) a steady de-emphasis on early admissions, which tends to attract a disproportionate number of upscale Northeasterners with high SAT scores. In the first half of the preceding decade, Harvard was averaging 6,000 EA applications or more, and filling half their class from this pool.
That said, the edge over other schools in enrolling NMS winners continues to be substantial in most years. |
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Date: May 1st, 2007 7:40 PM Author: contagious balding dog poop Subject: Here are NMS totals, and percentage of class, for last 10 years: National Merit Scholars – 1997-2006 First column-total by year Second column, percentage of class by year, using average 1st yr enrollment over this 10-yr period:
SCHOOL 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 Harvard: 294 287 312 368 391 340 370 394 382 360 (1,640) .179 .175 .191 .224 .238 .207 .226 .240 .233 .220 Yale: 186 232 224 169 165 124 146 170 191 167 (1,325) .140 .175 .169 .128 .125 .094 .110 .128 .144 126 Princeton: 153 180 198 124 95 120 124 111 106 156 (1,220) .125 .147 .162 .102 .078 .098 .102 .091 .087 .128 Stanford: 153 194 217 158 184 176 201 229 209 265 (1,640) .093 .118 .132 .096 .112 .107 .122 .139 .127 .161 MIT: 135 131 134 129 103 113 103 133 148 165 (1,000) .135 .131 .134 .129 .103 .113 .103 .133 .148 .165 Caltech: 29 44 51 34 39 37 38 52 68 53 (240) .121 .183 .213 .142 .163 .154 .158 .217 .283 .221
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