“Hot Colleges” (2018 admissions cycle)?

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Anonymous wrote:Tulane, UC Boulder, NYU.

Huge surge in applications at NYU. Went from 35% admit rate in 2016 to 28% in 2017 to 19% this year.

Why, one wonders.

NYU has becoming more & more popular (& selective) for at least 15 years. It reflects the overall trend of more young adults choosing urban environments.

A few big name celebrities (MK & Ashley Olsen, for instance) chosing to attendback in the early-mid '00s couldn't have hurt, either.

Big NYC city living, that’s why. Fun to be young and on your parent’s dime.

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Anonymous wrote:Tulane, Miami, Richmond, Pitt

Pitt is a surprisingly big at TJ. Apparently you will get in. And you will get good merit aid. The last year I saw 85 kids applied and 82 got in. And a surprising number attended. I don’t have it in front of me now. Someone in the guidance department is plugging Pitt hard. Or it is a really good got to safety engineering school (not parenting a kid who wants engineering, so I never dig into this). Pitt is my big surprise in the TJ numbers. You look down the list of top admitting schools, and it is U A, VT, WM, VC, and Pitt. One of these things is not like the others.

Also Ohio State and Purdue and out. Georgia Tech always surprises me with how few kids go. A lot get in. No one ever attends (I think 1 kid last year). And it is an excellent school. Not sure why.

Why is Purdue out?

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Anonymous wrote:NYU
Davidson
Macalester
Pitzer
Occidental
Reed
USC

Lots of interest of going west!

Going west for these two powerfully second rate CA schools on your list and one that is vastly overrated and still has an inferiority complex?

Since you raised it, I'm curious to learn about your personal rating system, since US News rates Southern Cal as a Top 25 school, tied with UCLA and Berkeley

[b]No serious person feels that way about USC.

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Ah, well argued! Who needs US News and its silly data when you have your "no serious person feels that way" argument! Thank you.

Agree - it was the Univ. of Spoiled Children when I attended and still is.

True when I grew up in SoCal (70s), but a variety of factors have made it a much more attractive school since. Looked like a great option for my STEM kid when we visited a few years ago. I’m a serious person (at least where academics are concerned, LOL)!

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Both Miamis.

U of Miami.

Miami of Ohio.

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Anonymous wrote:Tulane, Miami, Richmond, Pitt

Pitt is a surprisingly big at TJ. Apparently you will get in. And you will get good merit aid. The last year I saw 85 kids applied and 82 got in. And a surprising number attended. I don’t have it in front of me now. Someone in the guidance department is plugging Pitt hard. Or it is a really good got to safety engineering school (not parenting a kid who wants engineering, so I never dig into this). Pitt is my big surprise in the TJ numbers. You look down the list of top admitting schools, and it is U A, VT, WM, VC, and Pitt. One of these things is not like the others.

Also Ohio State and Purdue and out. Georgia Tech always surprises me with how few kids go. A lot get in. No one ever attends (I think 1 kid last year). And it is an excellent school. Not sure why.

Why is Purdue out?

Maybe because GT is a public school and also need to take in at least 60% GA residents

[Anonymous]

There are certain schools that are Bjgger in each areas....top 10, state flagships, etc. but thenkids are advised that theY Need to apply to schools that everyone else isn’t thinking about. I think a lot of kids use Naviance and see that kids got into a school, say Pitt, the previous few years so they choose that one and get accepted. And the Cycle begins. This drives applications. And More of these top stats kids are admitted, and the rankings go up. schools trend for a few years and then another school pops up or The acceptance rate for that high school goes down.

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Anonymous wrote:Both Miamis.

U of Miami.

Miami of Ohio.

+1

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Tulane, Miami, Richmond, Pitt

Pitt is a surprisingly big at TJ. Apparently you will get in. And you will get good merit aid. The last year I saw 85 kids applied and 82 got in. And a surprising number attended. I don’t have it in front of me now. Someone in the guidance department is plugging Pitt hard. Or it is a really good got to safety engineering school (not parenting a kid who wants engineering, so I never dig into this). Pitt is my big surprise in the TJ numbers. You look down the list of top admitting schools, and it is U A, VT, WM, VC, and Pitt. One of these things is not like the others.

Also Ohio State and Purdue and out. Georgia Tech always surprises me with how few kids go. A lot get in. No one ever attends (I think 1 kid last year). And it is an excellent school. Not sure why.

Why is Purdue out?

PP, and it’s not. That’s a typo. Sorry.

And the thing is, TJ kids do get into GA Tech. In 2016 (which is my most recent college release from TJ). 42 kids got in. 1 attended. 61 got into Michigan, which US News ranks a couple slots lower. And something like 20 kids went. And it’s not entirely merit aid. I know several kids who are going to Michigan with no merit aid. So why not GA Tech? I am genuinely curious, because it is a great school.

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SLACs outside of the NE continue to gain in popularity (Rhodes, Sewanee, Kenyon, Denison, Macalester, Occidental).

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Richmond

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Anonymous wrote:Tulane, Miami, Richmond, Pitt

Pitt is a surprisingly big at TJ. Apparently you will get in. And you will get good merit aid. The last year I saw 85 kids applied and 82 got in. And a surprising number attended. I don’t have it in front of me now. Someone in the guidance department is plugging Pitt hard. Or it is a really good got to safety engineering school (not parenting a kid who wants engineering, so I never dig into this). Pitt is my big surprise in the TJ numbers. You look down the list of top admitting schools, and it is U A, VT, WM, VC, and Pitt. One of these things is not like the others.

Also Ohio State and Purdue and out. Georgia Tech always surprises me with how few kids go. A lot get in. No one ever attends (I think 1 kid last year). And it is an excellent school. Not sure why.

Why is Purdue out?

PP, and it’s not. That’s a typo. Sorry.

And the thing is, TJ kids do get into GA Tech. In 2016 (which is my most recent college release from TJ). 42 kids got in. 1 attended. 61 got into Michigan, which US News ranks a couple slots lower. And something like 20 kids went. And it’s not entirely merit aid. I know several kids who are going to Michigan with no merit aid. So why not GA Tech? I am genuinely curious, because it is a great school.

Smart kids don’t necessarily pick the higher ranked school out of 2 schools that are ticks apart. It’s about fit. Here are a few reasons that some MAY choose not to Attend Georgia tech. For others these may not matter or there could be other factors pushing MI up for them.

It’s in the south
50+% male
It’s inner city/crime rate
It’s tech focused (not all TJ grads want a tech school)
Slightly lower graduation rate
Surroundings /university town
Distance from DC

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Why Richmond?

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Anonymous wrote:Why Richmond?

Setting aside the temptation to point out its appeal (which would just start the cycle of attack/defense) UR does seem to be hot right now. However one values rankings, Richmond has risen lately and that gets the attention of competitive students. My son is there and I know they were overrun by college tours this year. One stampede after another and so overwhelming the school is contemplating different approaches.

I suppose the simple answer to the OP’s original question can be arrived at objectively: % increase in applications.

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Anonymous wrote:SLACs outside of the NE continue to gain in popularity (Rhodes, Sewanee, Kenyon, Denison, Macalester, Occidental).

They give merit aid. Lot of parents in the donuthole, which makes them affluent (high achieving kids) in urban areas. Out of pocket, likely 80k by the time my kid graduates, times two kids. When WM is an excellent in state option. Just not going to happen. Oberlin or Grinnell with about 20k to bridge the gap? Very interested. Probably more interested in Bates, Bowden, Reed or Amherst. But with no merit aid, we aren’t even considering them. We can’t be the only parents making this calculation.

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RIT