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{{Short description|Alleged admissions practice}}

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[[File:West Hall - Tufts University - IMG 0959.JPG|thumb|[[Tufts University]], from which the term ''Tufts syndrome'' derives, has been most often accused of yield protection.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theprospect.net/admissions-fact-or-fiction-yield-protection-aka-tufts-syndrome-40895 |title=Admissions fact or fiction: yield protection (aka Tufts syndrome) |publisher=The Prospect |first=Jilliann |last=Pak |date=2015-05-01 |access-date=2016-04-19}}</ref>]]

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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]]▼

==References See also ==

▲* [[College admissions in the United States]]

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* [[Matriculation]]

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