WaPo: It’s becoming easier to get into many colleges.

[Anonymous]

Penn had a 40% acceptance rate in the 90s. It was still considered a good school.

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Anonymous wrote:Stats on some schools mentioned on DCUM (acceptance rate in 2012 and 2022):

Bucknell: 27% to 33%
Fordham: 43% to 54%
Elon: 52% to 74%
GW: 33% to 49%
Indian: 74% to 82%
George Mason: 66% to 90%

Bucknell has since dropped back into the 20s.

Bucknell’s most recent CDS (fall 2023) has an overall admissions rate of 32% (3,542/11,010). And international students drag that number down. For Americans, it’s 40%.

It's 28.9% for fall 2024.

https://www.bucknell.edu/meet-bucknell/fast-facts

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Stats on some schools mentioned on DCUM (acceptance rate in 2012 and 2022):

Bucknell: 27% to 33%
Fordham: 43% to 54%
Elon: 52% to 74%
GW: 33% to 49%
Indian: 74% to 82%
George Mason: 66% to 90%

Expensive schools that can't meet full need- shocking they have to take any UMC kid willing to pay

George Mason and Indiana aren't expensive schools. Elon gives decent merit to lots of kids, but it's ratings drop is probably hurting it.

Fordham is one of the few private schools that gives a 100% scholarship to NMSFs...you don't even have to be a finalist.

[Anonymous]

2.55 NOVA non-stem major with acceptances in hand from WVU (OOS COA $43k), Radford ($26k) and GA Southern ($36k). Four apps pending. Maybe a real shot at first choice! I was hoping for one acceptance. Despite 90%+ acceptance rates at 6 of 7 schools applied, I'm shocked.

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Anonymous wrote:2.55 NOVA non-stem major with acceptances in hand from WVU (OOS COA $43k), Radford ($26k) and GA Southern ($36k). Four apps pending. Maybe a real shot at first choice! I was hoping for one acceptance. Despite 90%+ acceptance rates at 6 of 7 schools applied, I'm shocked.

I am not trying to take away from your kid at all, but I bet WVU is actually a 100% acceptance rate...it's just that 10% of the applications are technically deficient...school never sends the transcript, or the kid never went to the WVU application portal and filled out their senior year courses.

WVU student population dropped nearly 30% when the plan was there would be more students today vs. 2013.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:2.55 NOVA non-stem major with acceptances in hand from WVU (OOS COA $43k), Radford ($26k) and GA Southern ($36k). Four apps pending. Maybe a real shot at first choice! I was hoping for one acceptance. Despite 90%+ acceptance rates at 6 of 7 schools applied, I'm shocked.

I am not trying to take away from your kid at all, but I bet WVU is actually a 100% acceptance rate...it's just that 10% of the applications are technically deficient...school never sends the transcript, or the kid never went to the WVU application portal and filled out their senior year courses.

WVU student population dropped nearly 30% when the plan was there would be more students today vs. 2013.

We'll take it. Still accredited (as far as I know) and it's not Liberty.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Penn had a 40% acceptance rate in the 90s. It was still considered a good school.

+1. Current system is absurd. So much obsession with pushing acceptance rates down further and further to signal exclusivity.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Penn had a 40% acceptance rate in the 90s. It was still considered a good school.

+1. Current system is absurd. So much obsession with pushing acceptance rates down further and further to signal exclusivity.

Only at 33 colleges out of like 3000. Did you even bother reading the article.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes if you ignore the top 25 and cast a broader net to research the colleges ranked around #30-100-ish, you'll be in the driver seat, versus the college. And you'll still find a great college and maybe a better fit.

Not sure why everyone wants to burn themselves out chasing the same 25 boys when there are a lot more fish and the sea, and some of the most desirable ones on paper aren't even good fits for everyone.

It is really most of the top 50. Beyond that is where the enrollement issues are.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Penn had a 40% acceptance rate in the 90s. It was still considered a good school.

+1. Current system is absurd. So much obsession with pushing acceptance rates down further and further to signal exclusivity.

UChicago had an acceptance rate in the 30s as recently as 2005. That was before they sold out to the Common App.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Penn had a 40% acceptance rate in the 90s. It was still considered a good school.

+1. Current system is absurd. So much obsession with pushing acceptance rates down further and further to signal exclusivity.

Only at 33 colleges out of like 3000. Did you even bother reading the article.

Yes, we were talking about the ones where the acceptance rates have declined. Did you even bother reading the comments here.

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Anonymous wrote:But, not at the T1-T20s.

Yep. One of the examples giving in OP's article:

Only 33 colleges or universities nationwide accepted 10 percent or fewer of applicants in 2022, according to NACAC. At a few of those, the competition has gotten even tougher. For instance, Brown University took 5 percent of applicants in 2022, down from 17 percent in 2002, the AEI study found.

When will you learn acceptance rate does not equal quality? It merely means they were able to get a lot of unqualified people to apply. Doing that does not make the school better.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Penn had a 40% acceptance rate in the 90s. It was still considered a good school.

+1. Current system is absurd. So much obsession with pushing acceptance rates down further and further to signal exclusivity.

Only at 33 colleges out of like 3000. Did you even bother reading the article.

Yes, we were talking about the ones where the acceptance rates have declined. Did you even bother reading the comments here.

No we aren't...we are talking about OP's post and the article which is that colleges are easier to get into which runs counter to the prevailing DCUM philosophy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes if you ignore the top 25 and cast a broader net to research the colleges ranked around #30-100-ish, you'll be in the driver seat, versus the college. And you'll still find a great college and maybe a better fit.

Not sure why everyone wants to burn themselves out chasing the same 25 boys when there are a lot more fish and the sea, and some of the most desirable ones on paper aren't even good fits for everyone.

Sheep

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Penn had a 40% acceptance rate in the 90s. It was still considered a good school.

+1. Current system is absurd. So much obsession with pushing acceptance rates down further and further to signal exclusivity.

Only at 33 colleges out of like 3000. Did you even bother reading the article.

Yes, we were talking about the ones where the acceptance rates have declined. Did you even bother reading the comments here.

No we aren't...we are talking about OP's post and the article which is that colleges are easier to get into which runs counter to the prevailing DCUM philosophy.

The entire first half of the first page is about schools where it has gotten more competitive, not less, including the reference from the article about the 33 schools. My comment was in response to a comment about Penn. Not sure what’s so difficult about this for you.