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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Son is a straight-A STEM kid, loves sports and California. Otherwise pretty ordinary, doesn't have great extra-curriculars aside from team sports. He's planning to study engineering or physics and is applying to UMD, Michigan, Purdue, and the UC system. He's also interested in Santa Clara because it's in CA and easy to get into. I don't know anything about it, and it's one of the priciest schools he's applying to. We're trying to discourage privates as we can't afford most of them. Any thoughts on whether it's worth the cost? Do they give merit aid? What kind of vibe?[/quote]

[b]I wouldn’t be so sure about the easy to get into pa[/b]rt. I know a straight-A STEM kid who was rejected last year.

Your son should apply to Wisconsin too. The kid I referred to above eventually ended up at Wisconsin after getting in off the waitlist in late spring. [/quote]

It accepts half of its applicants at 48.8%.  Not selective at all[/quote]

That number entirely depends on who applies, though.[b] People are not doing the lottery-type admissions for schools like Santa Clara, so a larger percentage of the pool that does apply is competitive for the school. It’s a common pattern for a lot of the schools in the 35-65% admissions rate. What that means is that they will accept 48% or so but the half that doesn’t get in are also generally competitive for the class. Essentially admissions pool patterns change for schools below T30 and selectivity becomes a much less useful metric. [/b][/quo
O[b]p here. PP I don't understand what you wrote there, can you please clarify?[/quote][/b]

It makes no sense.  They are trying to justify the 48% acceptance figure - which is what it is.  You can't change that.  I'ave never even seen the argument they are trying to make.  The college is simply not as selective as those with a, say, 7% acceptance rate.[/quote]

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