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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s a common pathway for admission to certain schools nowadays. I’d only consider it if it’s a place/program my student is excited about, and a college they want to attend more than any others where they were accepted with regular fall entry.[/quote]

This seems bass-ackwards to me. I gave this the total sideeye and googled it and it has good reviews even though it seems like a monopoly / trap to ensure admission.

If schools need the room on campus, kick the JUNIORS out. Not a freshman trying to integrate and start college with their peers. I did JYA for an entire year and wouldn't trade it for anything. I would never have wanted to do it first semester. It involved a foreign language and I was prepared by junior year.

I know it's easier to make a dependency on admission to doing this, but they can still do that with Juniors. And let the Juniors CHOOSE the JYA program they want (as long as it's accredited, grades can transfer, etc.) vs forcing this expensive, private, monopolizing choice.

I see this as a very bad trend. [/quote]

I am not for it or against this but it isn't ass backwards. A majority of juniors who go abroad for a semester pick the spring. Same with schools Schools that have co-op programs. If these programs are highly popular, schools are going to have too much empty space in the spring. Offering Spring admissions to student just at the edge of admission is win-win. The student would otherwise not be accepted so not a huge loss for the college. And as for the student, it is a choice, and can be an extremely appealing one for some.[/quote]

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