Are there any colleges that aren’t really selective, but draw students from all over the U.S.?

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Anonymous wrote:Some of the Big10 schools would fit this description.

Which one? Many are very selective schools especially for OOS

B10: Indiana, Michigan State, Penn State
SEC: Alabama, Ole Miss, Kentucky

At my son's convocation at Penn State in 2021, the president of the university said in his speech that the freshman class had students from all 50 states and some huge # of countries (I cannot remember how many.

As for Alabama, I read some recent article about how their head football coach is actually "underpaid," because of all of the OOS students who have been attracted to Alabama due to the football team's success. It's a decently high percentage of OOS students.

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Rhodes in Memphis. I think above a 50% acceptance rate.

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Anonymous wrote:University of Oregon and University of Arizona both get a lot of out-of-state students who couldn’t get into their top in-state choices (from California especially)

Univ of AZ

SAT 25/75 = 1140/1360 (only 19% submitted SAT scores)
49% out of state

University of Oregon

SAT 25/75 = 1120/1330 (only 17% submit scores)
55% out of state

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some of the Big10 schools would fit this description.

Which one? Many are very selective schools especially for OOS

B10: Indiana, Michigan State, Penn State
SEC: Alabama, Ole Miss, Kentucky

At my son's convocation at Penn State in 2021, the president of the university said in his speech that the freshman class had students from all 50 states and some huge # of countries (I cannot remember how many.

As for Alabama, I read some recent article about how their head football coach is actually "underpaid," because of all of the OOS students who have been attracted to Alabama due to the football team's success. It's a decently high percentage of OOS students.

He's the top paid college football coach (at least, as of the beginning of last season.) $11.7 million/year
https://www.nbcsports.com/chicago/college-football-head-coach-salaries-kirby-smart-2022-new-contract

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Syracuse

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Anonymous wrote:Here are some "hidden gems" with lots of out-of-state students: https://www.collegeraptor.com/find-colleges/articles/hidden-gems-2022/hidden-gem-colleges-with-more-out-of-state-students-2022-rankings/


Not all are safeties, and some of the details are sloppy (Sewanee isn't in Florida!) but two of my kids' safeties are on the list.

And here are schools with high geographic diversity: https://www.collegeraptor.com/find-colleges/articles/2023-university-rankings/top-25-most-geographically-diverse-college-2023-rankings/

Again, not all safeties, but worth checking out.

Eckerd on the diversity list and a true safety. Good on aid. Easy access from Tampa. on the water. If you love it, you love it.

Funny you say if you love it, you love it. I think the opposite was true. This was high on my kid’s list during her marine bio phase. She hated the school when we visited. Her disdain was unexplainable, but visceral. I thought it was interesting and had some good features. I can see why some folks would love it.

What turned her off? Eckerd is top of my kid’s list and we can’t go visit till late March. They have the program he wants, but then he loves the water/barefoot/pet vibe. He’s an athlete and stereotypically “athlete” - but also sort of hippy peace/love/happiness. What didn’t she like?

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Miami

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Eckerd
Elon
Lewis and Clark
Wooster
Beloit

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Anonymous wrote:Elon
Tampa
SEC flagships

Have you seen the admissions statistics for accepted students for the SEC flagships in Elon this year they’re not safeties. Ole Miss is the only safety in the SEC. University of Tampa is getting more competitive as well. The safeties in general are drying up.

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Anonymous wrote:Miami

The university of Miami is not a safety school. It has a less than 30% acceptance rate and according to the admissions officer this year they have record applications so it’s going to be lower you people have no idea what you’re talking about.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some of the Big10 schools would fit this description.

Which one? Many are very selective schools especially for OOS

B10: Indiana, Michigan State, Penn State
SEC: Alabama, Ole Miss, Kentucky

At my son's convocation at Penn State in 2021, the president of the university said in his speech that the freshman class had students from all 50 states and some huge # of countries (I cannot remember how many.

As for Alabama, I read some recent article about how their head football coach is actually "underpaid," because of all of the OOS students who have been attracted to Alabama due to the football team's success. It's a decently high percentage of OOS students.

Alabama is no longer a safety. If you have a kid in this year’s application cycle, you would know that. Alabama has just completed a seven year academic outreach. According to the president, this year’s application pool is highly competitive. They will be very selective this year. Much like UTK, South Carolina, and Auburn, have slashed their acceptance rates for out of state students. The only safety in the SEC right now is Ole Miss -maybe Kentucky- but their numbers are going to be lower this year as well.

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This year college counselors were telling everyone that University of South Carolina, Tennessee, Auburn, and Alabama were safety schools. There has been nothing but rejections referrals at these schools for most of the DMV students. There are tons of threads on this.

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Both of the Arizona flagships.

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Anonymous wrote:Here are some "hidden gems" with lots of out-of-state students: https://www.collegeraptor.com/find-colleges/articles/hidden-gems-2022/hidden-gem-colleges-with-more-out-of-state-students-2022-rankings/


Not all are safeties, and some of the details are sloppy (Sewanee isn't in Florida!) but two of my kids' safeties are on the list.

And here are schools with high geographic diversity: https://www.collegeraptor.com/find-colleges/articles/2023-university-rankings/top-25-most-geographically-diverse-college-2023-rankings/

Again, not all safeties, but worth checking out.

Eckerd on the diversity list and a true safety. Good on aid. Easy access from Tampa. on the water. If you love it, you love it.

Funny you say if you love it, you love it. I think the opposite was true. This was high on my kid’s list during her marine bio phase. She hated the school when we visited. Her disdain was unexplainable, but visceral. I thought it was interesting and had some good features. I can see why some folks would love it.

What turned her off? Eckerd is top of my kid’s list and we can’t go visit till late March. They have the program he wants, but then he loves the water/barefoot/pet vibe. He’s an athlete and stereotypically “athlete” - but also sort of hippy peace/love/happiness. What didn’t she like?

Following bc my kid is interested in Eckerd, but can’t make up her mind about whether it’s a fit. She’s barefoot/water/pets, but not a big partier and drawn to wrestling with Very Big Ideas in a Great Books sort of way. She also loves St. Olaf. Hard to think of two more different college experiences, and yet both fit.

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College Factual does a really nice map of geographic diversity, showing not only where kids come from and to what extent, but also what the #s are from the top states.

For example, here’s one for Elon (scroll down) which shows at a glance that it is, in fact, very geographically diverse, with nearly as many people coming from multiple states in the northeast as from NC:

https://www.collegefactual.com/colleges/elon-university/student-life/diversity/chart-geographic-diversity.html

Here’s Eckerd’s — not quite as geographically distributed but still pretty good:

https://www.collegefactual.com/colleges/eckerd-college/student-life/diversity/chart-geographic-diversity.html

Here’s Beloit: 40% from IL and WI, but next most populous state is California:

https://www.collegefactual.com/colleges/beloit-college/student-life/diversity/chart-geographic-diversity.html

We found it really useful for our kid who wanted to go farther afield but didn’t want to be at too much of a regional school