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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The article also mentioned Bucknell didn't meet their enrollment target.[/quote]

That surprised me. It seems like a competitive school at least to me. Oberlin is surprising as well. It is a known school. I hate saying this, but I wonder if the social justice outrage of several years ago turned people off to certain schools. I think people are willing to bite the bullet for schools like Harvard and Yale, but not for Oberlin?[/quote]

And yet Bucknell is not at all that kind of place. This is a yield miscalculation, nothing more. [/quote]

No it’s d-bag school in the middle of nowhere that has hard time luring bros from the state school experience.  Different vibe, same issue.[/quote]

Wow, your kid was rejected from Bucknell?  Sorry about that.[/quote]

No one was rejected form Bucknell.  That's the point.  They couldn't even fill their freshman class.  [/quote]

You fail to understand statistics or yield. Learn to read a common data set and then get back to me.

And my comment was about it being a “d-bag school” which is only something an idiot would say.[/quote]

Yet the 2nd article says their students cross admit at state schools.  When yield didn't come through, it was students who choose a cheaper state option.  Bucknell is a good school, but it's remote, fratty, and drunken.  Maybe, nothing wrong with that, but state schools can do it better for less.[/quote]

I won't argue the value of state schools.  The statement "No one was rejected form Bucknell" is stupid because their acceptance rate is below 30%, meaning that 70% were rejected.  Simple facts and figures.

Yes, it has a strong greek system, and many people don't care for that (like me).  But if you think there is less drinking at State U than Bucknell you are probably drinking yourself.[/quote]

The statement that everyone was admitted is farce, but where are they going to get an additional 100+ interested students next year, without loosening standards?  I'm certainly not saying, state school is a way to avoid drinking and greek life, just that it's a more direct path, if that is the goal.  State school is Bucknell's competition.[/quote]

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