Minnesota

Anonymous wrote:UC Merced. Has a 90% acceptance rate, Top 25 public college in the US.

UC Merced academics are very good as the Regents paid a lot to entice top faculty to the area and invests a good amount in STEM research. However it is hard to get over the bad location.

UC Merced has a 90% acceptance rate, 9% yield, 49% 4 year graduation rate, pre-covid/test banned SAT

25%-50%-75%
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It is the 25th ranked public college in the United States according to US News. That should be plenty prestigious. It is a better school than any New England public, including UMass, UConn, URI, UVM, UNH.

CWRU is on TIME’s top 25 Univ in the world recently and Forbes’ new private Ivy’s April 2026

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Anonymous wrote:Trinity in Connecticut is old school preppy, has a pretty campus albeit it fenced in by the ghetto, allegedly has a great alumni network in NYC, and is practically open enrollment these days.

Along the same lines (old money, insane network, accessible admissions) I'd also include Hampden-Sydney. For boys only though.

Are you on crack?

Anonymous wrote:Trinity in Connecticut is old school preppy, has a pretty campus albeit it fenced in by the ghetto, allegedly has a great alumni network in NYC, and is practically open enrollment these days.

Along the same lines (old money, insane network, accessible admissions) I'd also include Hampden-Sydney. For boys only though.

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Anonymous wrote:Carleton is prestigious but not as crazy selective as ivies. 20% acceptance rate is reasonable.

Case Western is prestigious, acceptance rate around 35%. Rochester is similar.

UMD and VT are more prestigious than CWRU and have acceptance rates of 45 and 55%

I don't think UMD and VT are more prestigious than CWRU. They are about the same?

Fordham

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Anonymous wrote:Carleton is prestigious but not as crazy selective as ivies. 20% acceptance rate is reasonable.

Case Western is prestigious, acceptance rate around 35%. Rochester is similar.

UMD and VT are more prestigious than CWRU and have acceptance rates of 45 and 55%

No they aren't. Good schools but they're not CWRU and definitely not Rochester

Anonymous wrote:Trinity in Connecticut is old school preppy, has a pretty campus albeit it fenced in by the ghetto, allegedly has a great alumni network in NYC, and is practically open enrollment these days.

+1 lots of solid 2nd tier schools in New England New York like Union, HWS, Conn, or Skidmore

Also Catholics like Fordham, Fairfield, Scranton or Loyola(s)

UC Merced. Has a 90% acceptance rate, Top 25 public college in the US.

Anonymous wrote:Seeking to make a list of schools that are generally well-known, respected, or have strong “name recognition” but are not ultra-selective.

I’ve heard Penn State and Purdue are two. What are others?

Most Midwestern flagships.

But they may make up for loose admissions standards by weeding many students out.

Anonymous wrote:Colorado School of Mimes. Quietly excellent.

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Colorado School of Mimes. Quietly excellent.

Trinity in Connecticut is old school preppy, has a pretty campus albeit it fenced in by the ghetto, allegedly has a great alumni network in NYC, and is practically open enrollment these days.