Are most colleges lightly selective these days

[Anonymous]

It seems like kids we know are getting into college with little to no effort, and the colleges are accepting upwards of 70% of applications. Is this new?

[Anonymous]

What?! Are you trolling?

[Anonymous]

Well…yeah. Only a tiny number of colleges reject vast numbers of applicants. And you can get a great education at a lot of lightly selective schools. There’s a lot of silliness, really.

[Anonymous]

is "lightly" selective like "lightly fried tuna"?

[Anonymous]

Like 5 years ago 67% of colleges accepted 67% or more students. It has always been this way.

[Anonymous]

It has to be higher than that…seems like once you get past the top 100 colleges that every college accepts 70%+…and even schools like IU and MSU (which are top 100) accept 70%+

[Anonymous]

When we were helping DC put their college list together, it seemed like schools were either very selective or not very. It was hard to determine targets rather than likelies for my good but not superstar student.

[Anonymous]

Outside the "highly selective" schools, virtually all schools have always had relatively high acceptance rates. That's not new. Perhaps you've finally just started paying attention to schools outside US News.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When we were helping DC put their college list together, it seemed like schools were either very selective or not very. It was hard to determine targets rather than likelies for my good but not superstar student.

Yes. Nowadays it seems like any school with a decent cohort of strong students either has a sub-10% admissions rate, or it’s admitting 70% plus and recruiting the high performers with merit discounts, honors colleges, and similar perks. The schools with in-between admissions rates are often smallish schools admitting a large percentage of the class test optional in early decision.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When we were helping DC put their college list together, it seemed like schools were either very selective or not very. It was hard to determine targets rather than likelies for my good but not superstar student.

Yes. Nowadays it seems like any school with a decent cohort of strong students either has a sub-10% admissions rate, or it’s admitting 70% plus and recruiting the high performers with merit discounts, honors colleges, and similar perks. The schools with in-between admissions rates are often smallish schools admitting a large percentage of the class test optional in early decision.

Well that’s a little incorrect…schools like Ohio State, Penn State, Rutgers, GA, Texas A&M…most of the schools ranked 30-100 are like 40%-60% admission rates (skewed towards instate admits) and they have lots of interest.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:When we were helping DC put their college list together, it seemed like schools were either very selective or not very. It was hard to determine targets rather than likelies for my good but not superstar student.

Yes. Nowadays it seems like any school with a decent cohort of strong students either has a sub-10% admissions rate, or it’s admitting 70% plus and recruiting the high performers with merit discounts, honors colleges, and similar perks. The schools with in-between admissions rates are often smallish schools admitting a large percentage of the class test optional in early decision.

Well that’s a little incorrect…schools like Ohio State, Penn State, Rutgers, GA, Texas A&M…most of the schools ranked 30-100 are like 40%-60% admission rates (skewed towards instate admits) and they have lots of interest.

UGA should not be on this list.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When we were helping DC put their college list together, it seemed like schools were either very selective or not very. It was hard to determine targets rather than likelies for my good but not superstar student.

Yes. Nowadays it seems like any school with a decent cohort of strong students either has a sub-10% admissions rate, or it’s admitting 70% plus and recruiting the high performers with merit discounts, honors colleges, and similar perks. The schools with in-between admissions rates are often smallish schools admitting a large percentage of the class test optional in early decision.

Well that’s a little incorrect…schools like Ohio State, Penn State, Rutgers, GA, Texas A&M…most of the schools ranked 30-100 are like 40%-60% admission rates (skewed towards instate admits) and they have lots of interest.

UGA should not be on this list.

That’s GA

[Anonymous]

The percentages just mean more people apply. In the case of HYSP, more unqualified people apply and then that helps to show the low acceptance rate and “exclusivity.”

Chicago attracts unqualified students on purpose so they have a low acceptance rate.

[Anonymous]

No, just depends on the schools they're applying to. The landscape has changed over the years kids aren't just going to the local school or state university. Heck, can't even count on getting in to UVA.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:When we were helping DC put their college list together, it seemed like schools were either very selective or not very. It was hard to determine targets rather than likelies for my good but not superstar student.

Yes. Nowadays it seems like any school with a decent cohort of strong students either has a sub-10% admissions rate, or it’s admitting 70% plus and recruiting the high performers with merit discounts, honors colleges, and similar perks. The schools with in-between admissions rates are often smallish schools admitting a large percentage of the class test optional in early decision.

Well that’s a little incorrect…schools like Ohio State, Penn State, Rutgers, GA, Texas A&M…most of the schools ranked 30-100 are like 40%-60% admission rates (skewed towards instate admits) and they have lots of interest.

UGA should not be on this list.

That’s GA

tf is GA?