Your Favorite Rolling / EA Colleges

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Anonymous wrote:Minnesota.

I think they call it EA, but they issue decisions on a rolling basis. My son applied last Year, in mid October, and was accepted in about 2 weeks. They also gave some nice merit.

We visited, and it is a nice school. Strong for CS. My son seriously considered it, but decided on Pitt.

Great option though!

+1. Identical experience and field of study. I WISH son would have seriously considered. Decided on UMD from NOVA.

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Anonymous wrote:So smart to include a rolling admit school. We visited Univ of MN. They admitted, then gave a scholarship a few weeks later, then honors college. It was a great fall boost. And we know kids who attended and liked, so it was somewhere DC would have been ok going if options were limited.

+1. Minnesota is a good school. Good engineering etc. The Twin Cities is a fun place. Of course, there are several Fortune 500 companies for internships.

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My NOVA kid took the money and ran to UMN, even over more highly ranked schools.

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Pitt but apply in August — it’s extremely popular
Loyola Chicago
University of TN
Michigan State
Binghamton

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Anonymous wrote:Minnesota.

I think they call it EA, but they issue decisions on a rolling basis. My son applied last Year, in mid October, and was accepted in about 2 weeks. They also gave some nice merit.

We visited, and it is a nice school. Strong for CS. My son seriously considered it, but decided on Pitt.

Great option though!

Why did he choose Pitt?

A few reasons. I think he preferred Pitt’s urban campus. Minn is in TC, but has a pretty traditional big school campus. That could be a plus but not what my son was looking for. He also prefers Pittsburgh as a city.

I find this response so odd. UMN is a very urban campus in Minneapolis. I would not describe it as a traditional campus at all. It's one of the things I don't like about it.

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Anonymous wrote:Minnesota.

I think they call it EA, but they issue decisions on a rolling basis. My son applied last Year, in mid October, and was accepted in about 2 weeks. They also gave some nice merit.

We visited, and it is a nice school. Strong for CS. My son seriously considered it, but decided on Pitt.

Great option though!

Why did he choose Pitt?

A few reasons. I think he preferred Pitt’s urban campus. Minn is in TC, but has a pretty traditional big school campus. That could be a plus but not what my son was looking for. He also prefers Pittsburgh as a city.

I find this response so odd. UMN is a very urban campus in Minneapolis. I would not describe it as a traditional campus at all. It's one of the things I don't like about it.

NP, I agree with PP. I think UMN campus is pretty traditional too. Its more like Indiana then Pitt, GW and VCU.

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Anonymous wrote:The University of Iowa has a very fast turnaround. I think my DS was accepted less than a week after he applied in September of last year. And there's a handy calculator you can use to see whether you will be accepted. He didn't choose to go there or the other EA/Rolling schools that accepted him, but it was a huge relief to know he had choices even before the other applications were due.

Here is the calculator in case you're interested: https://www.iowaregents.edu/institutions/higher-education-links/regent-admission-index/rai-calculator

Thanks for this link! Drilling down, it appears that one could get into University of Iowa's (ranked #83) school of arts with an RAI of 255 (seems like a low threshold) and get into any of the programs (including CS)! Just a bit too far for our liking but otherwise, it's a great safety for DS with mediocre grades.

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Not sure if my info is too old: Penn State, Michigan State, Indiana University, University of Connecticut, Ohio University, Miami of Ohio. Some were EA, some rolling. Heard beginning is late Sept, from all by Dec/Jan.

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Anonymous wrote:Minnesota.

I think they call it EA, but they issue decisions on a rolling basis. My son applied last Year, in mid October, and was accepted in about 2 weeks. They also gave some nice merit.

We visited, and it is a nice school. Strong for CS. My son seriously considered it, but decided on Pitt.

Great option though!

Penn State did the same for my DC last year.

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I think this discussion has mostly centered around big state flagships and merit aid, which is great, but as a parent of a kid who wanted a SLAC, I figured I'd add a couple of other ideas from that realm: Macalester, Reed, and Lewis & Clark. All had early November EA deadlines and notified very quickly. Lewis & Clark offered great merit aid to my kid. I became big fans of each of these schools during the application process, although my kid went elsewhere.

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U of Delaware. My kid was accepted before their ED decision with good merit. It was very tempting, but got a “yes” from ED school.

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CO Mines

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Anonymous wrote:I think this discussion has mostly centered around big state flagships and merit aid, which is great, but as a parent of a kid who wanted a SLAC, I figured I'd add a couple of other ideas from that realm: Macalester, Reed, and Lewis & Clark. All had early November EA deadlines and notified very quickly. Lewis & Clark offered great merit aid to my kid. I became big fans of each of these schools during the application process, although my kid went elsewhere.

At your recommendation, just checked out Lewis and Clark and was saddened to read a review that claimed the stereotypical student is queer. I can't help feeling like this sudden uptick in queerness is a fad.

Lewis & Clark College ReviewsRating 3.62 out of 5 713 reviews

Rating 4 out of 5
There is a thriving community at LC, but it can be intimidating to be involved if outgoing isn't an automatic personality trait for you. It was hard for me to get involved my first year but after jumping in this last year things have been amazing! Students and faculty and professors are so caring and supportive. I feel like I have a voice on campus both academically and personally in the LC community, although that may not be true if you don't fit the stereotypical LC student vibe (liberal, likely queer, and unfortunately, white). Diversity is definitely lacking on campus (and Portland in general) and while there is likely a community for you here, it just may not be as developed as others. Professors are amazing and passionate and that really shows in the classroom, I have learned so much from so many disciplines because the professor has been recommended to me. The liberal arts education is very important here and exploration and interdisciplinary study is definitely encouraged!

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Anonymous wrote:My NOVA kid took the money and ran to UMN, even over more highly ranked schools.

Nothing wrong with that! Bet your kid will have a blast.

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Anonymous wrote:Juniata

+1 they don't call it rolling but DD applied in Fall and heard back in just a few weeks.