Anonymous
Post 04/01/2016 08:28     Subject: Re:What prestigious colleges are easiest to get into?
whoops looks like that was the grad program
http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/engineering-doctorate/data
Purdue, GA Tech, UIL, etc
Anonymous
Post 04/01/2016 08:26     Subject: Re:What prestigious colleges are easiest to get into?
Ugh people people
Here is what you do
Have a serious talk with your kid about what they want to do when they grow up
Then look at schools based on major
Business vs Pre Med vs Pre Law vs Engineering etc
Here is one for engineering
http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-engineering-schools/eng-rankings
I'd look at Texas in addition to Va Tech
Anonymous
Post 04/01/2016 06:24     Subject: What prestigious colleges are easiest to get into?
Anonymous wrote:NYU
Penn State
the all women's schools (e.g., Mt Holyoke, Smith, Bryn Mawr)
Tulane
Syracuse


Since when is Tulane, Penn State and Syracuse prestigious? Did I miss something? Prestigious is top 50, Ivies, etc....these are good schools but more average, no?
Anonymous
Post 03/31/2016 12:43     Subject: What prestigious colleges are easiest to get into?
Anonymous wrote:Except the rich lose all their money by paying for tuition. Not feeling very rich since I have to pay full tuition. Anyway, told the kids all the money has gone to tuition so they have to support me in my old age.


Clearly something needs to be done about college tuition. Current system does not seem sustainable. Probably why Bernie Sanders is so appealing.
Anonymous
Post 03/29/2016 20:29     Subject: What prestigious colleges are easiest to get into?
Except the rich lose all their money by paying for tuition. Not feeling very rich since I have to pay full tuition. Anyway, told the kids all the money has gone to tuition so they have to support me in my old age.
Anonymous
Post 03/29/2016 20:03     Subject: What prestigious colleges are easiest to get into?
Anonymous wrote:Needs blind admission is a joke. Full freight applicants are needed and wanted by schools.




That is true. If you look at statistics of expensive schools they will boast that 50% or so students receive financial aid. That would mean the other half pay full tuition. If you look at incomes of most people, 50% would not be able to pay full tuition. College at $65,000 a year is mostly for the very rich .
Anonymous
Post 03/29/2016 19:03     Subject: What prestigious colleges are easiest to get into?
Well it obv depends on what you're comparing. Duh. Rice, Emory, Davidson, Vandy = easier than Duke, JHU, Penn, Chicago, Brown which would be those students' reach schools
Anonymous
Post 03/29/2016 18:56     Subject: What prestigious colleges are easiest to get into?
Needs blind admission is a joke. Full freight applicants are needed and wanted by schools.

Anonymous
Post 03/29/2016 18:48     Subject: Re:What prestigious colleges are easiest to get into?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:For the combination of name recognition and easier admissions it's gotta be big flagships. Especially if you go spend a year there and get in-state. If my kids don't have Ivy League credentials I am shipping their asses out to somewhere like Michigan or Washington to volunteer for a year and then enroll a year wiser.


Michigan is pretty tough on residency for instate tuition. You might want to read up before sending your kid out there to attempt to get residency. CA and VA are tough too. Now if you move with your kid to Michigan you've got a shot.


Yeah maybe for MI I dunno. My friend's son just pulled this to get into a different big name state school though so it certainly can be done.
Anonymous
Post 03/29/2016 18:45     Subject: Re:What prestigious colleges are easiest to get into?
Anonymous wrote:For the combination of name recognition and easier admissions it's gotta be big flagships. Especially if you go spend a year there and get in-state. If my kids don't have Ivy League credentials I am shipping their asses out to somewhere like Michigan or Washington to volunteer for a year and then enroll a year wiser.


Michigan is pretty tough on residency for instate tuition. You might want to read up before sending your kid out there to attempt to get residency. CA and VA are tough too. Now if you move with your kid to Michigan you've got a shot.
Anonymous
Post 03/29/2016 18:33     Subject: What prestigious colleges are easiest to get into?
Yes Amherst gave their total admissions statistics for 2016 in my DC's acceptance letter. They are aiming at a class of 450 admitted out of over 8000 applications! We are very proud of DC and thankful because with these odds a lot of it is luck.
Anonymous
Post 03/29/2016 18:16     Subject: What prestigious colleges are easiest to get into?
Anonymous wrote:That 40 to 50% is perhaps a little high but is in any case misleading in that a material chunk of those ED students are recruited athletes.


Both Williams and Amhesrt are needs-blind wrt admissions. The 40% ED admission rate is due mostly to recruited athletes. This is the primary way to get their athletes through admissions. Same as Ivys and other top SLACs.
Anonymous
Post 03/29/2016 17:12     Subject: Re:What prestigious colleges are easiest to get into?
For the combination of name recognition and easier admissions it's gotta be big flagships. Especially if you go spend a year there and get in-state. If my kids don't have Ivy League credentials I am shipping their asses out to somewhere like Michigan or Washington to volunteer for a year and then enroll a year wiser.
Anonymous
Post 03/29/2016 17:10     Subject: What prestigious colleges are easiest to get into?
That 40 to 50% is perhaps a little high but is in any case misleading in that a material chunk of those ED students are recruited athletes.
Anonymous
Post 03/29/2016 17:04     Subject: What prestigious colleges are easiest to get into?
"Easy" Pomona accepted 566 out of 7190 Regular Decision applicants - 7.9%