{{Short description|Alleged admissions practice}} '''Yield protection''' is an alleged [[College admissions|admissions]] practice in which an [[academic institution]] rejects or delays the acceptance of highly qualified students on the grounds that such students are likely to be accepted by, and then enroll in, more selective institutions.<ref>{{cite web|title=Beware the Tufts Syndrome|url=http://www.collegeconfidential.com/admit/beware-the-tufts-syndrome/|website=[[College Confidential (company)|College Confidential]]|access-date=23 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Glass Floor: Colleges Reject Top Applicants, Accepting Only the Students Likely to Enroll|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB991083160294634500|website=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|access-date=25 July 2022}}</ref> The purpose of the practice is to increase [[Yield (college admissions)|yield]], a statistic that reflects the proportion of students that accept their admissions offer.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://collegeapps.about.com/od/glossaryofkeyterms/g/yield.htm |title="What Is 'Yield' in the College Admissions Process?" |access-date=2016-03-19 |archive-date=2016-03-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313002821/http://collegeapps.about.com/od/glossaryofkeyterms/g/yield.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Some critics of the theory hold that it is a myth propagated by anxious college applicants to cope with rejection.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Compass Academics |title=Power of the Yield Protection Myth |url=https://compassacademics.com/power-of-the-yield-protection-myth/ |website=Compass Academics |date=3 August 2020 |access-date=7 April 2024}}</ref> This view proposes that, rather than yield protection, it is actually negative subjective factors in an application that may contribute to a rejection, despite the applicant's strong qualifications.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/connection/a2z/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=11 |title=Yield Protection: myth or reality? Or a little of both? |work=[[University of Michigan Law School]] |publisher=[[University of Michigan]] |first=Sarah |last=Zearfoss |date=2010-03-01 |access-date=2016-04-19}}</ref>
== See also == * [[College admissions in the United States]] * [[Matriculation]]
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