Talk:Yield protection

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I added the following sentence to this article: "In fact, recently, there is speculation that Tufts practices yield protection far less than it used to, as it increased in rank and can no longer be used as a safety for students applying to Ivy league schools." I thought it was important to note that this is not really true for Tufts anymore. --chocolateluvr88 10:24, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

Tufts admissions has plummeted over the years (i.e. they've become very selective). Who and where was this recent speculation or is this your personal feeling?

Lotsofissues 05:11, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

Admissions standards recently have raised as a whole for all unversities. This speculation comes from discussion on a message board. I will look for data on the number of students with 1600 who do not get accepted. This would show that top students can not use Tufts as a safety.

Chocolateluvr88 18:16, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

Is the term "Tufts Syndrome" ever used outside of College Confidential and Princeton Review?

I agree. This seems like a neologism. And worse, one that is unused outside of College Confidential. Mercruz (talk) 23:10, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Then it should probably be removed. --216.165.32.112 (talk) 18:34, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

I started to look for sources for whether Tufts ever engaged in YP but then realized I couldn't find any definitive source confirming that yield protection was ever practiced at any college or university. The phrase is used a lot in web forums, but the practice it describes may be mythical. Nevertheless, this article makes it sound like something that really exists. The one citation in the article confirms that the phrase "Tufts Syndrome" was used on a television talk show, but it doesn't confirm that yield protection was ever really practiced anywhere. Without a source verifying that YP exists, none of this belongs in Wikipedia, if I'm reading the guidelines right. Thoughts, anyone? Bdenneen (talk) 21:11, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

I agree. YP is a neologism, and it is a non-notable myth without references. Someone should nominate this article for deletion. 64.131.34.149 (talk) 01:08, 14 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Honestly, this explains why I was rejected at Tufts but waitlisted at MIT and accepted at a top 10 uni Ivy-like...I was so confused It all makes sense now.Rwat128 (talk) 20:01, 16 August 2020 (UTC)