What’s with all the spring admit?

[Anonymous]

This seems to be in the rise, why?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This seems to be in the rise, why?

Um, COVID.

[Anonymous]

It is ALWAYS about the money.

Because colleges can take more kids (not all those admitted and accepting in the fall will stick around).

Some students on campus leaving in the spring for study abroad, so more room on campus

[Anonymous]

You can take kids with lower stats who are full pay. This is the group that benefits the most it seems.

[Anonymous]

There are winter graduates and students on study abroad. Spring admits keep the campus full.

[Anonymous]

It is a way of cheating in the USNWR rankings. The stats for the spring admits don’t count towards average GPA etc. College administrator here. University of Florida did something where low stats kids start online to make the university stats look better

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is a way of cheating in the USNWR rankings. The stats for the spring admits don’t count towards average GPA etc. College administrator here. University of Florida did something where low stats kids start online to make the university stats look better

Bingo!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is a way of cheating in the USNWR rankings. The stats for the spring admits don’t count towards average GPA etc. College administrator here. University of Florida did something where low stats kids start online to make the university stats look better

It is not, Mr. College Administrator. It is a way to maximize enrollment and maximize revenue. A lot of kids graduate/drop out between fall and spring semester. Makes a perfect sense to do it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You can take kids with lower stats who are full pay. This is the group that benefits the most it seems.

It's always full pay kids and it is always about playing with stats. That's true. But it's no longer about getting rich, low SAT kids in -- it's about gaming the diversity numbers.

These days, Spring Admits and "early starts" are almost universally high socioeconomic white/asian kids. The school gets these high achieving/non-diverse kids without having to count them when reporting that X% of the incoming class are diverse admits, X% are first gen, etc.

My high SAT/GPA DD (1580/A-) was accepted to a "summer start" program and a two Spring Admit program. The zooms for each were full of white or asian kids (no other diversity at all). It was stark and impossible not to notice. Our CCO has been blunt that this is the new reality.

Schools are gaming the system for sure, it's just the category that has shifted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is ALWAYS about the money.

Because colleges can take more kids (not all those admitted and accepting in the fall will stick around).

Some students on campus leaving in the spring for study abroad, so more room on campus

+$$$$$$$$

[Anonymous]

For those who say "Ahah . . . it's about the $$$$!", I wonder, did you think that perhaps colleges and universities could print money and never have to worry about paying salaries, maintaining buildings, purchasing food, etc.?

[Anonymous]

Not saying Aha, just answering OP's question.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can take kids with lower stats who are full pay. This is the group that benefits the most it seems.

It's always full pay kids and it is always about playing with stats. That's true. But it's no longer about getting rich, low SAT kids in -- it's about gaming the diversity numbers.

These days, Spring Admits and "early starts" are almost universally high socioeconomic white/asian kids. The school gets these high achieving/non-diverse kids without having to count them when reporting that X% of the incoming class are diverse admits, X% are first gen, etc.

My high SAT/GPA DD (1580/A-) was accepted to a "summer start" program and a two Spring Admit program. The zooms for each were full of white or asian kids (no other diversity at all). It was stark and impossible not to notice. Our CCO has been blunt that this is the new reality.

Schools are gaming the system for sure, it's just the category that has shifted.

This.

Its a diversity play and the way colleges can admit more non-URMs high stat kids without appearing racist.

The URMs are largely partial stats and are almost always TO.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For those who say "Ahah . . . it's about the $$$$!", I wonder, did you think that perhaps colleges and universities could print money and never have to worry about paying salaries, maintaining buildings, purchasing food, etc.?

wut?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is a way of cheating in the USNWR rankings. The stats for the spring admits don’t count towards average GPA etc. College administrator here. University of Florida did something where low stats kids start online to make the university stats look better

It is not, Mr. College Administrator. It is a way to maximize enrollment and maximize revenue. A lot of kids graduate/drop out between fall and spring semester. Makes a perfect sense to do it.

Nope. You are wrong. Colleges are doing it to avoid reporting the stats of certain kids, like legacies. It’s all about gaming USNWR