Anonymous
12/31/2023 14:01
Subject: Most selective LACs by acceptance rate (Class of 2027)
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Amherst 2027 class was technically 9%, not a big difference from 10% posted by OP but makes me question the data/source listed.
It’s 10%. https://www.amherst.edu/news/news_releases/2023/september/a-snapshot-of-amherst-s-newest-students
It was 9.7% (divide the numbers in the article)
Yes, I think Amherst is more selective and better than Williams too (9.7% has Amherst jump Williams on the list)
For Eastern LACs, Swarthmore has been more attractive than both head to head for a long time though.
I expect Swarthmore and Pomona to continue to regularly be the most attractive of the top LACs. Their locations are so much better than the NESCAC schools. Swarthmore has also done better than most top LACs with CS and eng and at Pomona you can take advanced classes at Harvey Mudd.
Swarthmore is tiny and has a reputation as a pressure cooker. Kids there are intense and many are a bit quirky. Definitely not for everyone, but the perfect fit for kids who like UChicago but want a smaller school in the East.
Anonymous
12/31/2023 11:58
Subject: Most selective LACs by acceptance rate (Class of 2027)
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Amherst 2027 class was technically 9%, not a big difference from 10% posted by OP but makes me question the data/source listed.
It’s 10%. https://www.amherst.edu/news/news_releases/2023/september/a-snapshot-of-amherst-s-newest-students
It was 9.7% (divide the numbers in the article)
Yes, I think Amherst is more selective and better than Williams too (9.7% has Amherst jump Williams on the list)
For Eastern LACs, Swarthmore has been more attractive than both head to head for a long time though.
I expect Swarthmore and Pomona to continue to regularly be the most attractive of the top LACs. Their locations are so much better than the NESCAC schools. Swarthmore has also done better than most top LACs with CS and eng and at Pomona you can take advanced classes at Harvey Mudd.
Anonymous
12/31/2023 11:54
Subject: Most selective LACs by acceptance rate (Class of 2027)
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Amherst 2027 class was technically 9%, not a big difference from 10% posted by OP but makes me question the data/source listed.
It’s 10%. https://www.amherst.edu/news/news_releases/2023/september/a-snapshot-of-amherst-s-newest-students
It was 9.7% (divide the numbers in the article)
Yes, I think Amherst is more selective and better than Williams too (9.7% has Amherst jump Williams on the list)
For Eastern LACs, Swarthmore has been more attractive than both head to head for a long time though.
Anonymous
12/31/2023 11:33
Subject: Most selective LACs by acceptance rate (Class of 2027)
Anonymous wrote:Here’s another thing that affects acceptance rate: my son’s school is need blind and meets full need for domestic students but is need aware (still meets full need) for international students. The school gets a ton of applicants from international students which drives down the overall acceptance rate.
Well, not as many applications from international students if it were need blind.
On an equity note, an international student who is upper middle class — or downright upper class — in many of these countries might have an EFC of 45k. That means an upper middle class student from these countries pays only about 25k of 65k tuition. Meanwhile, a 200k donut hole family in the United States (who comparatively might have less money, with cost of living adjustments) pays everything.
Anonymous
12/31/2023 11:21
Subject: Most selective LACs by acceptance rate (Class of 2027)
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Amherst 2027 class was technically 9%, not a big difference from 10% posted by OP but makes me question the data/source listed.
It’s 10%. https://www.amherst.edu/news/news_releases/2023/september/a-snapshot-of-amherst-s-newest-students
It was 9.7% (divide the numbers in the article)
Anonymous
12/31/2023 01:50
Subject: Most selective LACs by acceptance rate (Class of 2027)
No applications fee sounds like a good thing for everyone. More colleges should do that.
Anonymous
12/30/2023 23:25
Subject: Most selective LACs by acceptance rate (Class of 2027)
Anonymous wrote:Amherst 2027 class was technically 9%, not a big difference from 10% posted by OP but makes me question the data/source listed.
It’s 10%. https://www.amherst.edu/news/news_releases/2023/september/a-snapshot-of-amherst-s-newest-students
Anonymous
12/30/2023 23:19
Subject: Most selective LACs by acceptance rate (Class of 2027)
Anonymous wrote:Colby has one of the wealthiest student bodies in the country. They didn't apply to save on application fees.
The wealth is among the students who got in, not among those who applied.
Anonymous
12/30/2023 22:45
Subject: Most selective LACs by acceptance rate (Class of 2027)
Neo wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I really don’t understand the Colby thing. I know three kids there now who didn’t get into schools with higher acceptance rates (Middlebury, BC and Brown). But maybe the key is that the kids I know are all full pay?
Colby is need-aware, has no application fee, and no supplemental essay, so lots of kids just tick that box off to apply using the common app.
It’s also one of the few colleges that doesn’t make public its common data set.
They’re playing games—but acceptance rate has a much lower weight in USNews than it used to, so they’re where they belong in the ranking.
But yet Colby’s yield rate is quite high….
Yet, Colby keeps spamming mail box with emails having subject title: "No fees to apply. No supplements to submit. No extra essays to write." TBH, its very tempting for anyone to tick and apply.
Who is getting those emails? My son didn't even though he met with the visiting admissions rep, visited the school, met with a coach, and asked to meet with a current student. Everything that should have put him on their distribution list. He ED1'd at Colby and is there now.
Colby has one of the wealthiest student bodies in the country. They didn't apply to save on application fees.
Anonymous
12/30/2023 22:38
Subject: Most selective LACs by acceptance rate (Class of 2027)
Why would schools have ED1 and not ED2? The same reasoning would apply to both but several elite colleges and universities that have ED1 still don't have ED2.
Neo
12/30/2023 19:54
Subject: Most selective LACs by acceptance rate (Class of 2027)
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I really don’t understand the Colby thing. I know three kids there now who didn’t get into schools with higher acceptance rates (Middlebury, BC and Brown). But maybe the key is that the kids I know are all full pay?
Colby is need-aware, has no application fee, and no supplemental essay, so lots of kids just tick that box off to apply using the common app.
It’s also one of the few colleges that doesn’t make public its common data set.
They’re playing games—but acceptance rate has a much lower weight in USNews than it used to, so they’re where they belong in the ranking.
But yet Colby’s yield rate is quite high….
Yet, Colby keeps spamming mail box with emails having subject title: "No fees to apply. No supplements to submit. No extra essays to write." TBH, its very tempting for anyone to tick and apply.
Anonymous
12/30/2023 14:59
Subject: Most selective LACs by acceptance rate (Class of 2027)
Anonymous wrote:1. Pomona- 6.8%
2. Swarthmore- 6.9%
3. Colby- 7% (doesn't list the exact percent, so it could be 1, 2, or 3)
4. Barnard- 8%
5. Bowdoin- 8.02%
6. Grinnell- 9.5%
7. Williams- 9.8%
8. Amherst- 10.0%
9. Claremont McKenna- 11%
10. Middlebury- 11.6%
11. Hamilton- 11.8%
12. Haverford- 12.9%
13. Bates- 13% (again, no exact percent listed)
14. Harvey Mudd- 13.1%
15. Wellesley- 13.9%
16. Davidson- 14.5%
Notable outliers- Carleton (21.7%) but ranked in the top 10; Denison and Pitzer (both 17%) but ranked outside the top 30
Correction: Amherst's acceptance rate last cycle was 9% and 7% the year before. https://amherststudent.com/article/amherst-admits-9-percent-of-applicants-to-class-of-2027/
Anonymous
12/30/2023 09:42
Subject: Most selective LACs by acceptance rate (Class of 2027)
Amherst 2027 class was technically 9%, not a big difference from 10% posted by OP but makes me question the data/source listed.
Anonymous
12/30/2023 09:29
Subject: Most selective LACs by acceptance rate (Class of 2027)
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I really don’t understand the Colby thing. I know three kids there now who didn’t get into schools with higher acceptance rates (Middlebury, BC and Brown). But maybe the key is that the kids I know are all full pay?
Colby is need-aware, has no application fee, and no supplemental essay, so lots of kids just tick that box off to apply using the common app.
It’s also one of the few colleges that doesn’t make public its common data set.
They’re playing games—but acceptance rate has a much lower weight in USNews than it used to, so they’re where they belong in the ranking.
But yet Colby’s yield rate is quite high….
Anonymous
12/30/2023 05:12
Subject: Most selective LACs by acceptance rate (Class of 2027)
Here’s another thing that affects acceptance rate: my son’s school is need blind and meets full need for domestic students but is need aware (still meets full need) for international students. The school gets a ton of applicants from international students which drives down the overall acceptance rate.