Anonymous wrote:How are schools like Clemson (51% acc rate) and UNCC (65% acc rate) on this list? Does that mean that they screwed up rejected too many and are now looking for new applications?

Anonymous wrote:https://www.nacacnet.org/news--publications/Research/openings/

451 colleges now on the "still have openings" list.

Is you kid unhappy with their college choices? Look at this list - many colleges are still looking for students to start in the fall.

For most private colleges (excluding the highly selective Ivies, Amherst, Williams and Swarthmore Colleges, and similar institutions) the admissions season is still going strong. Whether or not they are on the NACAC list, they are still admitting students and trying to get more students to apply. In part, this is because of changes in the NACAC rules that previously barred the recruitment of students who had already accepted an offer. But it's primarily (they say) because of the pandemic. For most of these colleges, the class of freshmen that enrolled last fall was disappointing in its size.

Many colleges aren't talking publicly about their next freshman class. Beloit, Coe, Hartwick and Muhlenberg Colleges are among the colleges that either refused to comment on numbers or didn't respond to requests for information.

Goucher College has 286 freshmen confirmed (with a deposit) for the fall, according to Jonathan Lindsay, vice president for enrollment management. The goal was 300, and Goucher extended the date by which students could reply until tomorrow.

Most of these colleges say (privately in some cases) that they will continue to accept and review applications, and that waiting lists (with some exceptions) aren't filling their classes. Most of these colleges aren't competitive in admissions, so they admit students who are qualified (and, in some cases, who can afford the college).

https://www.insidehighered.com/admissions/article/2021/06/14/small-private-colleges-have-mixed-year-admissions?utm_source=Inside+Higher+Ed&utm_campaign=128a474d93-AdmissionsInsider_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1fcbc04421-128a474d93-236164465&mc_cid=128a474d93&mc_eid=e1ea392178

For most private colleges (excluding the highly selective Ivies, Amherst, Williams and Swarthmore Colleges, and similar institutions) the admissions season is still going strong. Whether or not they are on the NACAC list, they are still admitting students and trying to get more students to apply. In part, this is because of changes in the NACAC rules that previously barred the recruitment of students who had already accepted an offer. But it's primarily (they say) because of the pandemic. For most of these colleges, the class of freshmen that enrolled last fall was disappointing in its size.

Many colleges aren't talking publicly about their next freshman class. Beloit, Coe, Hartwick and Muhlenberg Colleges are among the colleges that either refused to comment on numbers or didn't respond to requests for information.

Goucher College has 286 freshmen confirmed (with a deposit) for the fall, according to Jonathan Lindsay, vice president for enrollment management. The goal was 300, and Goucher extended the date by which students could reply until tomorrow.

Most of these colleges say (privately in some cases) that they will continue to accept and review applications, and that waiting lists (with some exceptions) aren't filling their classes. Most of these colleges aren't competitive in admissions, so they admit students who are qualified (and, in some cases, who can afford the college).

Anonymous wrote:They accept less than half of their applicants.

(Do you like snobs? Because most people find them to be obnoxious)

Anonymous wrote:Schools may want to maintain their standards, so they have places left but only for qualified applicants.

Anonymous wrote:How are schools like Clemson (51% acc rate) and UNCC (65% acc rate) on this list? Does that mean that they screwed up rejected too many and are now looking for new applications?

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Anonymous wrote:What is Clemson looking for? My kid with a 28 ACT and a 3.5 gpa was rejected. They may get more freshman applicants, but they’re not going to get what they’re looking for.

28 is a low SAT— especially since Clemson is largely engineering.

That’s not kind 28 is a perfectly fine Score -and if not an engineering applicant it doesn’t matter what engineering apps have.

Anonymous wrote:BU is transfer only, I think. Perhaps filling out the class of 2024?

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Anonymous wrote:I’m starting to realize that all the kids are fighting for spots in the same 75 schools. None of the others are that hard to get in with average stats.

Some people have been trying to point this out on here for a long time, but the T20 or Bust crowd can’t be convinced that there is a great education to be had at lots of other schools.

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I remember my extremely anxious high school junior with a great GPA and scores etc melting down and sobbing that she wasn't going to get in anywhere and my husband literally showing her those charts. Most schools aren't that selective. If you want to go to college, you can go.

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Anonymous wrote:What is Clemson looking for? My kid with a 28 ACT and a 3.5 gpa was rejected. They may get more freshman applicants, but they’re not going to get what they’re looking for.

28 is a low SAT— especially since Clemson is largely engineering.

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Anonymous wrote:How are schools like Clemson (51% acc rate) and UNCC (65% acc rate) on this list? Does that mean that they screwed up rejected too many and are now looking for new applications?

Probably. If kids are applying to 15 schools each, they likely misjudged their yield.