2024 College Openings Starting to Post

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sewanee, Wooster, St. John’s in Annapolis are all on this list. This furthers my belief that many LACs will have problems in the future, even good ones.

This year acceptance rates at top SLACS:
Williams 7.5%
Amherst 9%
Bowdoin 7%
Swarthmore 7.46%

Seems like many SLACs have no worries.

[Anonymous]

Yes, many of these schools are willing to take chances on kids, but if they don't think a kid can be successful, they'll reject.

A lot of good schools on the list. With the FAFSA debacle, it's been a really wild year in admissions. It wouldn't surprise me if more good schools than usual wind up with major openings.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, many of these schools are willing to take chances on kids, but if they don't think a kid can be successful, they'll reject.

A lot of good schools on the list. With the FAFSA debacle, it's been a really wild year in admissions. It wouldn't surprise me if more good schools than usual wind up with major openings.

Yes plus the kids were all terrified by results from the last two years so overapplied. I know kids that applied to over 20 schools. I’m guessing there will be more WL movement than usual this year but it will all happen late due to fafsa FU.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sewanee, Wooster, St. John’s in Annapolis are all on this list. This furthers my belief that many LACs will have problems in the future, even good ones.

Funny take since the vast majority of postings are universities not LACs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sewanee, Wooster, St. John’s in Annapolis are all on this list. This furthers my belief that many LACs will have problems in the future, even good ones.

This year acceptance rates at top SLACS:
Williams 7.5%
Amherst 9%
Bowdoin 7%
Swarthmore 7.46%

Seems like many SLACs have no worries.

I don’t the top 25 will have problems, but these are all schools in the top 100. The national universities on the list are all below 100.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op clearly you have a narrative you are trying to advance. We see through it.

What? You are imagining things.

Yes, every year at this time this list comes out. And every year it is shared here because there are parents and students who may not know that such a list exists. This isn’t a commentary on the schools directly, it’s a sharing of information so that students who did not end up with admissions they were hoping for realize that they still have opportunities.

[Anonymous]

I am surprised by some. Marquette, Washington College and Ithaca have openings for Freshmen. Sewanee had transfer openings. These aren't top, but decent schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sewanee, Wooster, St. John’s in Annapolis are all on this list. This furthers my belief that many LACs will have problems in the future, even good ones.

The top 50+ SLACs have more applications than seats. That’s why they’re called selective.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was happy to see several colleges on this list for my current junior who has a below-average GPA by DCUM standards (3.3). Works hard but not in the running for a top college. My question about this list is whether those schools accept most students during the regular round. I am talking about the schools on that list that have a 60-80% acceptance rate. How do those schools reject 20-40% of applicants if they then have spots left in May? There are good schools on this list: St. Joe's, Ithaca, Sewanee, NAU, ASU. Those are schools that kids can go to and get a solid education and name recognition of sorts. What I am hoping is that it means by DC has a good chance of getting into these types of schools during the regular admissions process if they end up still having spots in May of Senior year. TIA!

Yes, these are good schools, and your DC should be fine. Show interest, write nice, specific supplemental essays (even if it's just the "Why us?" question), and get your apps in nice and early.

[Anonymous]

New to this list: Loyola MD and Rose Hulman.

Truly, some very good schools on here if anyone is late to the game or isn't happy with their choices.

[Anonymous]

in addition to what has already been called out:

Willamette
John Carroll
S Dakota school of mines ..


all good at what they do

[Anonymous]

I'm curious, do schools of moderate selectivity (e.g. Willamette, Loyola MD, Rose-Hulman) end up on this list because they miscalculated their yield? I assume they don't hold a set number of freshman and/or transfer spots open for late applicants...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm curious, do schools of moderate selectivity (e.g. Willamette, Loyola MD, Rose-Hulman) end up on this list because they miscalculated their yield? I assume they don't hold a set number of freshman and/or transfer spots open for late applicants...

Sometimes it’s that. I also think this year the FAFSA mess added an unprecedented unpredictability for all schools, except the most elite.

[Anonymous]

Surprised to see Drexel on the list

[Anonymous]

I not surprised to see upstate schools like HWS and Ithaca, but I was surprised by the Florida schools like Rollins and Eckerd. Florida has experienced explosive growth. Has growth been funneling to state schools?