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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s not just you. Typically there are fewer selective schools and more nonselective schools. But if you use Niche to sort by selectivity, there are fewer “very selective” schools (15-30% admissions rates) than there are “extremely selective” schools (under 15%).

The problem is particularly acute if you’re seeking a school with at least 3,000 undergrads. There are only 16 schools with 3,000 or more students and admissions rates of 15-30%. One of those 16 is the Air Force Academy. Another nine are state schools that favor state residents (Michigan, UVA, UNC, Ga. Tech, Florida, FSU, UCSD, UCSB, and UC Irvine). Two are private schools in Florida, the Universities of Miami and Tampa. That leaves BC, Wake, Case, and Villanova. And all four seem to take a lot of their students ED.

That’s why it feels like if you don’t get into an extremely selective school (under 15%), you’ll wind up at a much less selective school (over 30%). There is, in fact, almost nothing in between. [/quote]

30% is an arbitrary choice. Schools like Rochester (or maybe Santa Clara) are equal/similar to all 4 of those schools.[/quote]

Quick tip - Niche is useless for these stats. Very outdated and doesn't explain many many factors.

Add Lehigh (25%), Bucknell (28%), Lafayette (31%), Tulane (16%), just to name a few. This was my dd's list, as she's in that same high stat/no big hook, but still good ECs, good recs.

Don't forget Honors Colleges as well. Some very good merit and great options at less selective schools like Pitt, Alabama. [/quote]

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