Which schools will continue to be the most sought after in the next decade? Which ones will hit a downward trajectory?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My take:

With 2.8 billion Chinese and Indians, a growing Asian domestic population, and a finite number of slots at top schools, my hypothesis is that the top schools we see today will retain their status PLUS get increasingly more difficult to gain entry. The skills necessary for technological advancements dictates that high-demand STEM graduates will continue to fuel the gap between "elite (and near-elite) institutions and everyone else. The number of international students studying in the US have doubled over the past 10 years. These students very much are "name driven" which drives the cycle of upward selectivity at all but a few schools.

My list:

Rich get richer category
Ivies + UChicago, Stanford, MIT, Caltech, Duke, Johns Hopkins, Rice, Vanderbilt, Notre Dame, Georgetown, Emory, Wash. Univ at SL

Through inertia they will continue to be the #1 destination for the world's elite. In spite of the spotlight shone on some of the contentious issues of today, I don't see these universities are going anywhere.

The UC system:
More demand, same supply. Center of tech and innovation. Historically, less than half the price of comparable private schools. Increasing demographic changes skewing Asian ensures robust demand. Internationals love the UC's.

Top flight publics outside of the UC's:
UVA, UNC, Michigan, UIUC, UGA, Florida, Texas, A&M
Population growth in the south, plus tradition, plus in-state tuition will continue to drive the bus. Crazy to think that Florida and UGA are now considered to be top flight universities.

Location-driven universities:
Boston, New York, Washington DC, Atlanta, Miami, Dallas, Los Angeles
These schools benefit from being in a world-class city. Like the UC's, internationals love these schools. The university enriches the city; likewise, the city enriches the university.
BU, Northeastern, NYU, UMiami, USC, (Tulane??).

The potential up and comers:

East coast: Does GWU or American make that next-level leap considering the draw of D.C.? Again, limited supply at "top" schools means that the top will be filtered lower.

In Texas, does Texas, A&M and Rice suck the oxygen out so that a school like SMU can never make that leap? A growing state with a finite number of elite institutions.

I don't think DC has the draw you think it does, especially for college. Most people who move to DC, do so in their 20's, and try to leave within ten years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not to point out the obvious but anything said on this thread is pure conjecture, nothing more

+1

Tiresome, and inaccurate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:HYPSM will continue to be overly popular.

Schools with strong comp sci or business departments are next.

Schools that aggressively manage their admissions process to lower their fake admit rates and inflated yields are next (Chicago, Northeastern, etc.).

Schools that don’t fit any of the above will suffer.

Hoping something will stop this aggressive admissions management, which to me is making anxiety worse and is more pernicious than all the AA/legacy/etc. policies everyone complains about.

Northeastern is strong in comp sci and business.

+1

Always has been. These threads are thinly veiled excuses to go after certain schools. Hoping most parents are smart enough to see through such posts, and smart enough to do their own homework regarding such strong programs.

[Anonymous]

This is what you are worried about?

Downward trajectory will begin at UF, continue to all red states. Texas schools lol. Abbott is going to try to secede. Yep that is the end goal for Texas. Don't think he can? Well gee the GOP is already floating a bill to their state legislature. Public record. Want your kid in Texas when that goes down? Remember major military bases are in Texas.

God forbid you decided this year to send your kid to a college in a red state where exactly do you think the US will be after Trump or any Republicans get elected.

The landscape for an education is going to change. The change has already started in Florida at UF. No one is going to hire from out of state. No one is going to accept med students from UF or from any other science graduate program. Actually UF has already seen a dip in acceptances to other programs for grad schools.

Stephen Miller has a plan for colleges and it's ugly.

Continue with your discussion people and good luck. Go ahead and think I am insane or wrong. Nope you are not paying attention to the reality of a Republican win in any state or federal race.

[Anonymous]

School rankings have been remarkably stable over the years.

[Anonymous]

Entertaining read: 1960's description of schools:

https://books.google.com/books?id=ykQEAAAAMBA...#v=onepage&q&f=false