What's behind the surge in applications to some schools?

[Anonymous]

University of Texas saw a massive increase, from 72,000 to 90,000. USC got more than 42,000 EA applications. UVA saw a huge spike. Northeastern went from 98,000 applications to over 107,000. Overall, applications in the Common App increased from 6.3 million to 6.7 million.

I thought that the demographic cliff would be kicking in, but it looks like it is harder than ever.

[Anonymous]

This is the highest point before the “cliff”. Drops next year.

Plus Ivy apps are falling.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:University of Texas saw a massive increase, from 72,000 to 90,000. USC got more than 42,000 EA applications. UVA saw a huge spike. Northeastern went from 98,000 applications to over 107,000. Overall, applications in the Common App increased from 6.3 million to 6.7 million.

I thought that the demographic cliff would be kicking in, but it looks like it is harder than ever.

UVA does not consider the 3000 additional applications to be a "huge spike"

[Anonymous]

It is what it is - some of these schools were founded almost 200 years ago. What did you expect when the population explodes?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is the highest point before the “cliff”. Drops next year.

Plus Ivy apps are falling.

Ivy apps aren’t falling…ED apps at a bunch of Ivy schools were up over last year. We won’t know RD apps for several months, but they usually follow the jump in ED.

[Anonymous]

Simple, 2007 was one of the largest baby booms in the last couple if decades.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is the highest point before the “cliff”. Drops next year.

Plus Ivy apps are falling.

nope most are up.

[Anonymous]

It's internationals. They dipped during Covid but have been soaring every years since. There is an endless stream of applicants from India, China, etc.

[Anonymous]

Not clear that the total number of applicants is up. More students are using the common app, and more students are applying to more schools. At the end of the day each student can only attend one school, so it will all shake out. It sure does seem like the process of getting from here to there gets more chaotic every year, though.

[Anonymous]

There were 1 million more college students 10 years ago vs today.

The raw numbers applying are lower than in the past because the %age not applying to college jumped like 10% over the last decade.

It’s just like 75 colleges these days are now vacuuming all the applications…in the meantime many regional schools and schools like WV are 30% smaller than 10 years ago.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There were 1 million more college students 10 years ago vs today.

The raw numbers applying are lower than in the past because the %age not applying to college jumped like 10% over the last decade.

It’s just like 75 colleges these days are now vacuuming all the applications…in the meantime many regional schools and schools like WV are 30% smaller than 10 years ago.

I have no data, but I wonder if international students all apply to the same colleges and you see a spike in those types of schools?

[Anonymous]

Some test required schools were down but TO was way up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:University of Texas saw a massive increase, from 72,000 to 90,000. USC got more than 42,000 EA applications. UVA saw a huge spike. Northeastern went from 98,000 applications to over 107,000. Overall, applications in the Common App increased from 6.3 million to 6.7 million.

I thought that the demographic cliff would be kicking in, but it looks like it is harder than ever.

Two of those are a great educational value
Northeastern likely up from marketing and fee waivers

[Anonymous]

Is Northeastern still TO and No Essay?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some test required schools were down but TO was way up.

Texas went back to test-required and saw a huge increase.