What was the elimination rate each year at your alma mater?

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Anonymous wrote:88% at American

Transfers count as “attrition,” don’t they?

Sure, students leave for many reasons.
Transfer is one of them.

I was just thinking that kids who transfer out of a school like American are probably smarter and more financially secure than average, not less. (The transfer market is usually kindest to full pay students who did well freshman year.) So the retention/attrition rates include both kids who were too slow/poor to keep up, and kids who were too smart/rich to stick around. Because of that, it’s not a great stat to use without having more context about a school.

Those kids usually transfer out to higher tier schools from lower tier schools.
Those kids leave because they think the schools are not challenging and good enough for them.
Hence lower tier schools normally have lower retentions.

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Anonymous wrote:I went to Cal. So many people don’t make it to second semester that they have a whole new admittance category for January freshman starts.

Many schools have a January start class, I know people that did this at Middlebury, Duke, and Brandeiss, and there are programs discussed here about Northeastern starting freshmen elsewherr and such. Does anyone know how these programs are factored into attrition rates? Cal, for example, has a 97% retention rate (and the Northeastern booster is focused on its).

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Anonymous wrote:I went to Cal. So many people don’t make it to second semester that they have a whole new admittance category for January freshman starts.

Many schools have a January start class, I know people that did this at Middlebury, Duke, and Brandeiss, and there are programs discussed here about Northeastern starting freshmen elsewherr and such. Does anyone know how these programs are factored into attrition rates? Cal, for example, has a 97% retention rate (and the Northeastern booster is focused on its).

If you factor in those programs, it'll only increase the retention rates.
They haven't even started at the main campus. Those kids are eager to join in, and not likely to leave.

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I transferred after first semester because I absolutely hated the school I chose and had supportive parents.