Fad school

[Anonymous]

The idea that one of the top public schools in the country is a "fad" is kind of strange.

You don't need to designate "AA" after Michigan to way you would designate Wisconsin-Green Bay or Penn State Altoona.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Definitely Northeastern right now.

+1. Literally everyone has applied there

[Anonymous]

Wake and Elon

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our HS saw an unusually large group going to U Mich Ann Arbor. More than ever in the past. And, the kids in our neighborhood all have Michigan sweatshirts.

Its a great school, but statistically crazy how many in my immediate area half-way across the country are going there.

Yes. Michigan is the new target for high stats kids who want CS or engineering and would have targeted Ivies - especially Cornell - but have been shutout due to the test-optional shift. It’s also a fallback for Virginians who don’t get into UVA’s CS or engineering. Michigan may have a somewhat better CS and engineering program, but many (probably most) would take UVA for in-state tuition and proximity to home. However, UVA is half the size of Michigan and doesn’t have enough CS/Engineering seats, so students go to Michigan for more than twice the cost, which makes Michiganders very happy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our HS saw an unusually large group going to U Mich Ann Arbor. More than ever in the past. And, the kids in our neighborhood all have Michigan sweatshirts.

Its a great school, but statistically crazy how many in my immediate area half-way across the country are going there.

Yes. Michigan is the new target for high stats kids who want CS or engineering and would have targeted Ivies - especially Cornell - but have been shutout due to the test-optional shift. It’s also a fallback for Virginians who don’t get into UVA’s CS or engineering. Michigan may have a somewhat better CS and engineering program, but many (probably most) would take UVA for in-state tuition and proximity to home. However, UVA is half the size of Michigan and doesn’t have enough CS/Engineering seats, so students go to Michigan for more than twice the cost, which makes Michiganders very happy.

Same reason for Northeastern’s rise. Kids who want CS and engineering are scrambling to find a seat at anywhere decent. Test-optional and the surge in demand for these majors has made it very difficult to get these majors at a very selective college.

[Anonymous]

Fad elite: rice, grinnell

Fad upper 20 percenters: Michigan, usc, northeastern, Tulane

Fad middle of the road: Franklin and Marshall, umiami, trinity, Lafayette, Colorado college, cu Boulder

Fad lower middle of the road: elon, high point, TCU, asu

[Anonymous]

I would say Northeastern and Northwestern drew unusually outsized attention this year.

Obviously Northwestern has been a fabulous school for more than a century, but in terms of being a "hot" school, it just seemed like there was more buzz this year.

And obviously Northeastern has become a de facto "must apply" for a certain segment of kids.

[Anonymous]

UVM, UMASS, Northeastern

[Anonymous]

Clemson, especially for girls.

[Anonymous]

Tulane not in same category with USC or UMich.

[Anonymous]

Definitely Auburn and Clemson. To a lesser extent Indiana University and Miami of Ohio.Also seems to be more interest in foreign schools, especially UK and Canada.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our HS saw an unusually large group going to U Mich Ann Arbor. More than ever in the past. And, the kids in our neighborhood all have Michigan sweatshirts.

Its a great school, but statistically crazy how many in my immediate area half-way across the country are going there.

Yes. Michigan is the new target for high stats kids who want CS or engineering and would have targeted Ivies - especially Cornell - but have been shutout due to the test-optional shift. It’s also a fallback for Virginians who don’t get into UVA’s CS or engineering. Michigan may have a somewhat better CS and engineering program, but many (probably most) would take UVA for in-state tuition and proximity to home. However, UVA is half the size of Michigan and doesn’t have enough CS/Engineering seats, so students go to Michigan for more than twice the cost, which makes Michiganders very happy.

Many would take Virginia Tech over UVA for engineering and CS. Students go to private schools too for-more than twice the cost of UVA and most of those schools aren’t as good as Michigan for engineering and CS either. You have no point other than UVA needs to upgrade its STEM education.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Our private college counselor (been in the business over 25 years) says it is definitely at thing.

They see trends. I see it among peers and colleagues' kids. It makes sense, somebody raves about it-- a sibling, friend, etc. they visit...it creates a buzz.

So name one.

I did. U Mich AA.

I graduated from high school in 1991 and it was a popular school back then. THat's not new.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our HS saw an unusually large group going to U Mich Ann Arbor. More than ever in the past. And, the kids in our neighborhood all have Michigan sweatshirts.

Its a great school, but statistically crazy how many in my immediate area half-way across the country are going there.

Yes. Michigan is the new target for high stats kids who want CS or engineering and would have targeted Ivies - especially Cornell - but have been shutout due to the test-optional shift. It’s also a fallback for Virginians who don’t get into UVA’s CS or engineering. Michigan may have a somewhat better CS and engineering program, but many (probably most) would take UVA for in-state tuition and proximity to home. However, UVA is half the size of Michigan and doesn’t have enough CS/Engineering seats, so students go to Michigan for more than twice the cost, which makes Michiganders very happy.

Same reason for Northeastern’s rise. Kids who want CS and engineering are scrambling to find a seat at anywhere decent. Test-optional and the surge in demand for these majors has made it very difficult to get these majors at a very selective college.

Not to derail this, but is this true across the country? I always hear that there aren’t enough workers with these skills. But there are more students than seats in a way that goes beyond how selective some colleges generally are? That doesn’t make any sense if true.

[Anonymous]

our HS hot schools are Northeastern, Georgia and PITT