OMFG.

I am practically bathing in bitter liberal tears.
It's so good for the skin
I feel 20 years younger.

That’s honestly something I never knew! With UVA and W&M using ED and VT formerly utilizing it, I just assumed that most state flagships used it for admissions. I stand corrected

Anonymous wrote:More selective colleges went back to test required

+1

We are glad.

Anonymous wrote:With the lifetime college loan caps that were part of the BBB, more students will opt to apply ED to their home state’s flagship school and will accept; those who aren’t competitive for the flagship will ED to other well-regarded state schools. In VA this means William & Mary becomes more selective. JMU and VT don’t have ED, so they see a wave of kids accepting EA and not a lot of waitlist movement. Small private schools without endowments large enough to ride out the tax increase for private schools suffer the most, offer fewer scholarships and see drops in student enrollment. All of the NCAA program cuts following the NIL cases impact those smaller schools, as well. Community college for two years becomes a more popular/ accepted pathway for DMV middle class, like it is elsewhere in the country.

Thoughts on these predictions?

This makes no sense. Most state flagships do not have ED. Pretty rare for a public school to offer ED.

With the lifetime college loan caps that were part of the BBB, more students will opt to apply ED to their home state’s flagship school and will accept; those who aren’t competitive for the flagship will ED to other well-regarded state schools. In VA this means William & Mary becomes more selective. JMU and VT don’t have ED, so they see a wave of kids accepting EA and not a lot of waitlist movement. Small private schools without endowments large enough to ride out the tax increase for private schools suffer the most, offer fewer scholarships and see drops in student enrollment. All of the NCAA program cuts following the NIL cases impact those smaller schools, as well. Community college for two years becomes a more popular/ accepted pathway for DMV middle class, like it is elsewhere in the country.

Thoughts on these predictions?

Anonymous wrote:What does this smart crows say now as far as what has changed for this class and what do you think will change before '27 class starts applying?

Well the first mistake in this question was assuming this crowd is smart.

Anonymous wrote:Same as it ever was.

But parents are getting smarter and won't pay full freight for a LAC, no matter how selective. State schools are the play and most in demand.

I’m pretty confident that your first call is a clear miss. Top LACs will become more desirable as the impact of the current funding nonsense continues.

State schools will still be in demand but as their budgets get hammered people will balk at paying 80k OOS for a crowded mass market education.

Same as it ever was.

But parents are getting smarter and won't pay full freight for a LAC, no matter how selective. State schools are the play and most in demand.

More parents choose full pay in fear of straight rejection if asking for aid.

More selective colleges went back to test required

More EDs to UVA b/c so many parents in the DMV have lost their jobs

^ Lol, not crows but croWd.

What does this smart crows say now as far as what has changed for this class and what do you think will change before '27 class starts applying?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are ZERO jobs in public health right now. It was an industry funded significantly by USAID money.

Not every state is an anti-vaccine maga backwater. Some states will step up and provide public health guidance and have competent people involved in it.

I’ve been in the field over twenty years. It’s always been a struggle getting a decent paying job in the public health field.

Anonymous wrote:There is a small group that will do extremely well: dual citizens who live and have been educated overseas in high school. They bring the international flavor but don’t need a visa.

They will get the biggest bump. Even more so than full pay, I suspect.

+1000