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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Flagships in general seem to be doing well with getting more applicants.[/quote]

Literally EVERY college in America is getting more applicants because of test optional on the SAT. EVERY college. It's not any reflection on the college or what kind of educational experience they are offering. [/quote]

[b]This is not even remotely true.  The top 100 - 150 schools have higher applications and the rest are seeing significant declines.  There are 3 MM fewer college students today vs 10 years ago.  There are many schools that are 30-40% smaller today…WVU is a relatively local example.[/quote][/b]

But it is true.
1) students now apply to 15 or more schools.  It used to be five
2) US student population is irrelevant.  What is driving this is the anxiety about getting in, the common app. making applications easier, the need to select more and more Reaches/Targets/Safeties, and the horror stories of the top kid in X class getting into only one Safety (it happens).
3) the international numbers keep rising every year.  Every Indian, Chinese, Asian, etc. student wants to study here.  If UCLA and Berkeley cap that number at 10% of International and OOS students, then those international students apply elsewhere and in droves.
4) If you are a boring white or Asian male, you understand implicitly that you will be passed over for a URM or first-generation - that mindset results in more application. 
5)  There are very few schools that are 30-40% smaller today.  WVU is failing - that's why it is cutting back on offered majors.  Google it.
6) Even the Cal States (normally not schools that an OOS student would be interested in) are receiving a flood of applicaitons.[/quote]

[b]There are many schools that are 30%-40% smaller.  Look at all the PA small state schools like Indiana University, Shippensburg, etc.  Look at Kent State.  The list is extensive...it is hundreds of schools.  WVU [/b]was just but one fairly local example and a significant one because it is a flagship.

Again, the top 150 or so schools are doing fine....but even within those schools there are plenty with 70%+ or 80%+ acceptance rates.[/quote]

Not true.  WVU is having problems so scaling back majors.  And some tiny SLACs are shuttering because they never overcame the financial issues associated with COVID.  There are 4,000-5,000 institutions of higher learning in the U.S.  Citing two or three for your sweeping proposition that there are "many schools that are 30-40% smaller" is just not accurate.[/quote]

If you spent two minutes googling the topic you would see that many schools are seeing declining emrollment.

There are 3 million fewer college students enrolled today compare to 2013.  Some of the decline is CC but the majority are 4 year institutions.

I can’t help that you won’t spend two minutes doing some independent research. [/quote]

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