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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Or, it could be because the schools are cheaper and sometimes easier to get into. [/quote]

Huh.  On my DC block alone, we have current students at: Vandy, Tulane, Rice, Charleston and Clemson.

Which of these are the cheap ones, again?

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Sounds like a lot philistines and kids frozen out of t15s

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Vanderbilt and Rice are both T15 schools. They are both more highly ranked than Columbia, Cornell, Berkeley, Notre Dame, UCLA, Georgetown, Michigan and so on and so forth. It's not just rubes, philistines, and sorority girls who are choosing to go to school in the south. And I don't think the kids going to Duke, Vandy, or Rice are particularly influenced by TikTok. It is possible to get a very good education in the South.[/quote]

Kind of, but the South still heavily lags behind the northeast. The only school I’ve seen people consistently pick over Ivies when having the choice is Duke, otherwise even top kids from the south leave to go to an ivy.[/quote]

+1 The Northeast schools' applications are still by far outpacing the South.  Everywhere is getting more applications--and fewer people can get into the most competitive Northeast schools so more are going further afield. [/quote]

That's not true at all. Much of New England is seeing a decline in applications, while the South, the Midwest, and the West are all seeing a significant increase. Furthermore, smart kids are being much more strategic with their applications. They're not wasting ED and SCEA apps on Ivys that are no longer merit based. Instead they apply to top schools elsewhere in the country, including the South, where legacy and connections and all the other hooks don't matter as much as they do at the Ivies. Of course, students will always want to study in Boston, but generally the Northeast as a college destination is in the decline.[/quote]
NP. Nearly all top-100 universities have seen increases in apps since the change to test optional policies. It's possible that some schools are seeing bigger increases than others, though app numbers at colleges in the Northeast are still higher than they were, say, five years ago.[/quote]

DP than the one you’re replying to — maybe everyone is up from 5 years ago, but most schools in most states in the NE are down in the last few years. MA wasn’t on this list as a big gainer or loser, so I assume it was relatively flat (compared to the southern states).

I’ll post this again:

Most states saw meaningful growth in college applicants since 2019–20, with a very few exceptions. South Carolina had the greatest growth of 74% over 2019–20, followed by Texas at 69%. South Dakota, a state with historically low applicant volume, saw a substantial decline in applicants (-58%). Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine each saw declines (-3%, -2%, -3%, -3%, and -14%, respectively).

https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/...023/?sh=5d92f6e19c4d[/quote]

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