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Anonymous wrote:Elon was one of my top choices for my kid who decided to go to CNU instead. I don't think there is anything she isn't getting at CNU that Elon promised-except a much higher price tag. It's a gorgeous schoolthough but the location is tough for a student looking for diversity. I figured something was up when they sent her a "please consider transferring" postcard.

Wow. That’s cringy and possibly unethical.

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Anonymous wrote:Elon was one of my top choices for my kid who decided to go to CNU instead. I don't think there is anything she isn't getting at CNU that Elon promised-except a much higher price tag. It's a gorgeous schoolthough but the location is tough for a student looking for diversity. I figured something was up when they sent her a "please consider transferring" postcard.

Wow. That’s cringy and possibly unethical.

My kid got one of those from several schools. In what sense do you think it is unethical?

Name the schools. Poaching students is bottom tier desperation.

Syracuse

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Anonymous wrote:Elon was one of my top choices for my kid who decided to go to CNU instead. I don't think there is anything she isn't getting at CNU that Elon promised-except a much higher price tag. It's a gorgeous schoolthough but the location is tough for a student looking for diversity. I figured something was up when they sent her a "please consider transferring" postcard.

Wow. That’s cringy and possibly unethical.

My kid got one of those from several schools. In what sense do you think it is unethical?

Name the schools. Poaching students is bottom tier desperation.

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Anonymous wrote:I had never heard of it until last year and I definitely recoiled because of the name. I assumed there was a real link to Musk, whose corporate interests are hard to keep track of.

If you haven’t heard of this school since last year, you’ve been living under a rock or have very limited knowledge of colleges.

You aren't living under a rock if you haven't heard of a school that can't get 20,000 applications and accepts 67% of its applicants.

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Anonymous wrote:Elon was one of my top choices for my kid who decided to go to CNU instead. I don't think there is anything she isn't getting at CNU that Elon promised-except a much higher price tag. It's a gorgeous schoolthough but the location is tough for a student looking for diversity. I figured something was up when they sent her a "please consider transferring" postcard.

Wow. That’s cringy and possibly unethical.

My kid got one of those from several schools. In what sense do you think it is unethical?

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Anonymous wrote:Elon was one of my top choices for my kid who decided to go to CNU instead. I don't think there is anything she isn't getting at CNU that Elon promised-except a much higher price tag. It's a gorgeous schoolthough but the location is tough for a student looking for diversity. I figured something was up when they sent her a "please consider transferring" postcard.

Wow. That’s cringy and possibly unethical.

Anonymous wrote:Elon was one of my top choices for my kid who decided to go to CNU instead. I don't think there is anything she isn't getting at CNU that Elon promised-except a much higher price tag. It's a gorgeous schoolthough but the location is tough for a student looking for diversity. I figured something was up when they sent her a "please consider transferring" postcard.

Anonymous wrote:Although Elon's rationale for the drop in enrollment lacks credibility, I don't think we can jump to conclusions about the real cause for the drop. While not a perfect comp to Elon, Furman had a similar drop. First year enrollment for the class of 2029 at Furman is 557 vs 616 for the class of 2028, a 10.6% drop. As class profiles get posted at moderately selective colleges, it will be interesting to see which schools dropped and any trends among those colleges with bigger declines.

Anonymous wrote:As of this past application cycle, Elon's merit awards top out at around $23,500 for the best kids (about 60 total per entering class), and most kids will get no more than $17,500 I think. Other nearby schools that get similar applicants, like Furman, Wofford, Sewanee, etc. were offering similar kids merit amounts around $35,000 or so. While those schools do cost a little bit more, their cost of attendance for the brighter kids with no financial need is going to be lower than Elon's most of the time. Perhaps Elon needs to up their merit for the best applicants (to the extent they financially are able to do so)? Though it was interesting to read that a previous poster noted that Furman's enrollment is down, too.

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Anonymous wrote:For class of 2029. Thoughts?

https://www.elonnewsnetwork.com/article/2025/08/elon-university-class-of-2029-enrollment-decreases-11-6

The whole U.S. student market is going towards the direction of either you go to a T50 national university, or a T20 LAC, or you don’t go at all.

So silly. My older DC is headed to an Ivy this fall, but my younger one (rising junior) who does not have the same stats will be going to a SUNY. While I have high hopes he can make it into Binghamton, if not, he'll go to one of the others. Tuition is under 10k. Of course it's worth it for him to get a college degree!