Colleges Still Accepting Fall Applications

[Anonymous]

I'm not familiar with most of the colleges but DePaul, Reed, Penn State, Mills, and Ohio Wesleyan aren't academically bad schools. It appears that all of the schools still have housing and financial aid.

http://www.nacacnet.org/research/research-data/College-Openings/Pages/College-Openings-Results.aspx

[Anonymous]

There are always a couple of schools on this list that make you think "wha???" I suspect their formula for how many would accept an offer was off and they got fewer than expected so they are seeking more, but those who would fit their criteria.

[Anonymous]

Both UMBC and St. Mary's in MD.

[Anonymous]

Do you think we will have a college "bubble"? You know, more colleges going out of business due to lower enrollment and such.

[Anonymous]

It's already happening. See: Sweet Briar

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Both UMBC and St. Mary's in MD.

UMBC's deadline was Feb. 1

[Anonymous]

This survey is nothing new - I remember looking at it 10 years ago. It comes out every year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's already happening. See: Sweet Briar

And plenty of other smaller schools. Think when the current baby boom is over there will be college bust.

[Anonymous]

When I worked for a public university system in an undisclosed state we would always have people admitted right before the fall semester started--mainly to boost enrollment numbers so the money awarded by formula from the state would come in on time. We used to joke and say the only number you needed on your then was 98.6

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you think we will have a college "bubble"? You know, more colleges going out of business due to lower enrollment and such.

And yet my DCs SLAC, which is ranked in the 40s so not top tier, is overenrolled by at least 10% for next year. Way more kids apparently accepted offers than expected. It seems like for every story of a challenge there are others that are exceeding expectations.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you think we will have a college "bubble"? You know, more colleges going out of business due to lower enrollment and such.

And yet my DCs SLAC, which is ranked in the 40s so not top tier, is overenrolled by at least 10% for next year. Way more kids apparently accepted offers than expected. It seems like for every story of a challenge there are others that are exceeding expectations.

If a school is in the top 40, and is over-enrolled, I'm not sure I'd call it "exceeding expectations." I'd call it a very good school that did a poor job this year of predicting its yield.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you think we will have a college "bubble"? You know, more colleges going out of business due to lower enrollment and such.

And yet my DCs SLAC, which is ranked in the 40s so not top tier, is overenrolled by at least 10% for next year. Way more kids apparently accepted offers than expected. It seems like for every story of a challenge there are others that are exceeding expectations.

If a school is in the top 40, and is over-enrolled, I'm not sure I'd call it "exceeding expectations." I'd call it a very good school that did a poor job this year of predicting its yield.

I suppose you could say they did a poor job, but it was because more kids accepted offers than in prior years. Hard to predict that when there is a significant change in patterns over the course of one year.

I think you missed my point, which is not about one particular school but that there are schools who are thriving and attracting boatloads of students and those that seem to be suffering, even those with similar models (my DCs school is not significantly different from Reed or OWU in terms of what it offers).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you think we will have a college "bubble"? You know, more colleges going out of business due to lower enrollment and such.

And yet my DCs SLAC, which is ranked in the 40s so not top tier, is overenrolled by at least 10% for next year. Way more kids apparently accepted offers than expected. It seems like for every story of a challenge there are others that are exceeding expectations.

That's what happens when school charges 60k/year and put millions in PR.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's already happening. See: Sweet Briar

And plenty of other smaller schools. Think when the current baby boom is over there will be college bust.

The boom is over. This is a drop year.

[Anonymous]

Interesting.

Useful.