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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I teach at a not very selective private college and applications are down by a staggering number. It is alarming. I hope that we see more students when they aren't admitted where they thought they would be, but not counting on it.[/quote]

Obviously I don't know your school but these are the colleges that I am rooting for. The uber selective ones wiill always have students and most of these students would do great no matter where they attend due to family advantage. The less selective schools are more important to our society to provide post secondary education to our future workforce. [/quote]

Not sure which one you teach at but many will fold. There are few people who have 50-80k a year to spend on a non elite university![/quote]

You vastly overestimate the cost of college, especially for people who don’t have a ton of money. Many/most of these schools discount very heavily. My non-elite student got acceptances from schools in the 50-80 LAC range with tuition discounts dropping total cost below $30k. I get the donut hole problem but if you aren’t getting a tuition discount you aren’t applying to the right colleges. [/quote]

This was our experience a few years ago. My DC, with a 4.0 weighted GPA and 30 ACT was accepted at Clark, Kalamazoo, Wooster, Denison, Lawrence, Earlham, Eckerd, and Trinity (in TX), and was offered merit aid at all of them, so that the total COA ranged from $26k-$34k. [/quote]

This is an insane list. Your kid can't figure out whether they want TX or FL weather vs. Michigan weather. I've told my kid to decide what kind of weather they want and stick to that part of the country. I'm not spaying apples just to apply to widely disparate schools and see if they get in.[/quote]

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