What colleges are falling out of fashion?

[Anonymous]

Bryn Mawr

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Caltech in terms of undergrad. Grad school-wise still a stellar institution. Have been dropping in college rankings since the 90s.

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Anonymous wrote:Caltech in terms of undergrad. Grad school-wise still a stellar institution. Have been dropping in college rankings since the 90s.

Sure tons of mediocre kids get in there, it's practically a safety school now

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All the LACs and places like Dartmouth and Brown (LAC like universities)

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georgetown

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Anonymous wrote:All the LACs and places like Dartmouth and Brown (LAC like universities)

Is it the volume of applications that make you think they are out of fashion because those have never been higher.

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Georgetown, Dartmouth, Rice, W&M and Berkeley

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Anonymous wrote:I honestly can't imagine why Duke would be falling out of favor, when it's right up the alley for so many applicants and the Research Triangle area has taken off economically. I could imagine a small number of elite East Coast types now writing off North Carolina because of the state's politics, but someone else would take their place quickly as economic activity moves to the south. So I think the trashing must come from folks who didn't get in or whose kids were turned down.

And, no, not a Duke graduate (in fact, turned it down twice).

Duke had 50k applications last year

No longer a hot school among top privates in DC or in New England.

And those. Are the people. Who matter.

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Anonymous wrote:I honestly can't imagine why Duke would be falling out of favor, when it's right up the alley for so many applicants and the Research Triangle area has taken off economically. I could imagine a small number of elite East Coast types now writing off North Carolina because of the state's politics, but someone else would take their place quickly as economic activity moves to the south. So I think the trashing must come from folks who didn't get in or whose kids were turned down.

And, no, not a Duke graduate (in fact, turned it down twice).

Duke had 50k applications last year

No longer a hot school among top privates in DC or in New England.

And those. Are the people. Who matter.

Not really. I'd care more about the reputation in major cities with vibrant economies if I was applying.

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Anonymous wrote:Georgetown, although I don't understand why. My kid didn't have the stats but I was really surprised to see that Naviance showed really low application numbers from his MCPS HS for this year - about half of the number that applied last year. Most other schools show the opposite trend, much higher volume this year. All schools have their issues, but I can't understand how Northeastern could be "hot" and Georgetown is somehow not appealing.

Georgetown is a big pain. Unlike most every other school, they don’t use the common app, which adds unnecessary busy work when applying. It’s a great school, but many kids growing up in this area want to go away for college if they can. Those two factors combined might make a senior less apt to add Georgetown to the list.

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Anonymous wrote:Williams, Wesleyan, Notre Dame, WashU, William and Mary.

Not ND. Apps continuing to rise, acceptance rate continuing to fall. REA acceptance rate about 17% this year.

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Anonymous wrote:Georgetown, although I don't understand why. My kid didn't have the stats but I was really surprised to see that Naviance showed really low application numbers from his MCPS HS for this year - about half of the number that applied last year. Most other schools show the opposite trend, much higher volume this year. All schools have their issues, but I can't understand how Northeastern could be "hot" and Georgetown is somehow not appealing.

Georgetown is a big pain. Unlike most every other school, they don’t use the common app, which adds unnecessary busy work when applying. It’s a great school, but many kids growing up in this area want to go away for college if they can. Those two factors combined might make a senior less apt to add Georgetown to the list.

Georgetown is crumbling. Cramped. Dirty. Underfunded.

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People here seem to like to dump on Georgetown, but one nice thing about their application process is that they have Early Action.

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Anonymous wrote:People here seem to like to dump on Georgetown, but one nice thing about their application process is that they have Early Action.

Have you seen instagram.com/georgetown.hotmess?

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Anonymous wrote:Williams, Wesleyan, Notre Dame, WashU, William and Mary.

Not ND. Apps continuing to rise, acceptance rate continuing to fall. REA acceptance rate about 17% this year.

Williams has a sub 10% acceptance rate- not exactly open admission