Anonymous
Post 03/07/2019 10:22     Subject: Schools that have gotten EASIER to get into over theyears
With some exceptions, Catholic women's colleges have become generally easier to get into since most Catholic men's college went co-ed in the 70s and started accepting women. Before that, many were quite elite and difficult to get into.
Anonymous
Post 03/07/2019 10:11     Subject: Re:Schools that have gotten EASIER to get into over theyears
For the majority of schools outside the top 20, the best tool for looking at selectivity is to look at three: the 25th-75th percentile of test scores, mean GPA and acceptance rate. Each of these can be gamed, but acceptance rate is the most in the college's control and most gamed.
Anonymous
Post 03/07/2019 02:38     Subject: Re:Schools that have gotten EASIER to get into over theyears
Anonymous wrote:Penn State
Occidental
JMU



+1. Very truly.
Anonymous
Post 03/06/2019 19:23     Subject: Re:Schools that have gotten EASIER to get into over theyears
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Penn State
Occidental
JMU


Definitely not JMU. I grew up here and it's become much harder to get into.


No, it hasn't. 25 years ago the acceptance rate was in the 30s, now it's 70%. That's partly because they have more students.


Source? How in the world did my brother get into JMU in 1992? He was a terrible student. Lol
Anonymous
Post 03/06/2019 17:38     Subject: Re:Schools that have gotten EASIER to get into over theyears
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Trinity in Hartford.


Acceptance rate

2010 - 41%
2013 - 34%
2015 - 33%
2018 - 34%

Sorry, but wrong.

Dead wrong. Read the article from 1995, when the acceptance rate was roughly 50% and they talk about Colby and Bates being lesser schools (true). Trinity is getting killed by the location and CT's inability to fix the squalor of West Hartford.

https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-1995-04-03-9504030045-story.html
Anonymous
Post 03/06/2019 17:32     Subject: Schools that have gotten EASIER to get into over theyears
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: YOU CANNOT LOOK SOLELY AT ACCEPTANCE RATES TO DETERMINE HOW HARD IT IS TO GET INTO A PARTICULAR COLLEGE; IT IS NOT REALLY A VALID MEASURE OF HOW SELECTIVE THE INSTITUTION IS.

Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.


I enjoyed your Ted Talk. USNWR had ruined the college admissions process for ever.


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Anonymous
Post 03/06/2019 17:30     Subject: Schools that have gotten EASIER to get into over theyears
Anonymous wrote:Small liberal arts colleges have been hammered lately, partly in consequence of the demographic bust going on right now. If relations significantly worsen with China, your kids are going to be getting into much better schools than you thought they would.

I wonder if there's a good way to use IPEDS - the integrated post-secondary education data set - to track median SAT and acceptance rates over time.


China...huh?
Anonymous
Post 03/06/2019 17:03     Subject: Schools that have gotten EASIER to get into over theyears
Anonymous wrote:PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: YOU CANNOT LOOK SOLELY AT ACCEPTANCE RATES TO DETERMINE HOW HARD IT IS TO GET INTO A PARTICULAR COLLEGE; IT IS NOT REALLY A VALID MEASURE OF HOW SELECTIVE THE INSTITUTION IS.

Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.


I enjoyed your Ted Talk. USNWR had ruined the college admissions process for ever.
Anonymous
Post 03/06/2019 16:52     Subject: Schools that have gotten EASIER to get into over theyears
Anonymous wrote:Small liberal arts colleges have been hammered lately, partly in consequence of the demographic bust going on right now. If relations significantly worsen with China, your kids are going to be getting into much better schools than you thought they would.

I wonder if there's a good way to use IPEDS - the integrated post-secondary education data set - to track median SAT and acceptance rates over time.


What data or information are you using to make these claims?
Anonymous
Post 03/06/2019 16:36     Subject: Schools that have gotten EASIER to get into over theyears
Small liberal arts colleges have been hammered lately, partly in consequence of the demographic bust going on right now. If relations significantly worsen with China, your kids are going to be getting into much better schools than you thought they would.

I wonder if there's a good way to use IPEDS - the integrated post-secondary education data set - to track median SAT and acceptance rates over time.
Anonymous
Post 03/06/2019 08:49     Subject: Re:Schools that have gotten EASIER to get into over theyears
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Penn State
Occidental
JMU


Definitely not JMU. I grew up here and it's become much harder to get into.


No, it hasn't. 25 years ago the acceptance rate was in the 30s, now it's 70%. That's partly because they have more students.
Anonymous
Post 03/06/2019 08:29     Subject: Re:Schools that have gotten EASIER to get into over theyears
Miami University
Anonymous
Post 03/06/2019 08:17     Subject: Schools that have gotten EASIER to get into over theyears
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Common Application makes everyone's acceptance rates go down.


But it’s been around for 30+ years now. So hard to believe that’s still driving increased apps.


It wasn’t as widely accepted 30 years ago. Its a chicken and egg phenomenon....as schools became more selective students applied to more schools making them yet more selective.
Anonymous
Post 03/06/2019 08:13     Subject: Schools that have gotten EASIER to get into over theyears
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Common Application makes everyone's acceptance rates go down.


But it’s been around for 30+ years now. So hard to believe that’s still driving increased apps.


Yes, but the number of schools using it increases every year. Isn't VTech going to start, if it hasn't already?
Anonymous
Post 03/06/2019 07:47     Subject: Schools that have gotten EASIER to get into over theyears
Anonymous wrote:Common Application makes everyone's acceptance rates go down.


But it’s been around for 30+ years now. So hard to believe that’s still driving increased apps.