Sally_Rubenstone

The Common Application has added 37 new members for 2012-13. See https://www.commonapp.org/CommonApp/News.aspx

As always, the annual new-members list puts a few places on my radar screen that weren't there before, and I'm sure that the college folks hope that Common App membership will put them on more student radar screens as well.

Descartesz

* Common App continues to make slow inroads into the major public flagships -- OSU and U of TN now included.

* RISD would appear to be the most notable addition among highly selective privates.

* I hadn't thought of it before, but it is interesting to realize that the probably-exclusive Yale-NUS is a public school.

* I am always curious to know about the few schools (three this next year, it appears) who drop from the Common App.

g0ld3n

Came to see what schools were added.

Instead became more interested in Yale-NUS College. What an interesting idea. This should be looked into by students. Not too expensive either, ~30k a year.

warblersrule

Singapore is becoming a hot place to be for higher education. UNC Chapel Hill offers a joint undergraduate degree program with NUS, in which students at one of the universities can spend up to two years at the other. Duke opened a medical school in conjunction with NUS. Chicago opened a branch of Booth in Singapore, and NYU Tisch started some MFA programs there. I bet there's others I'm missing.


Soka continues to gain traction, it seems. I'm surprised to see two UK universities (Stirling and Keele) on the list. Attempting to appeal to the prep school crowd a la St Andrews, perhaps?

Sparkeye7

YES!!! Thanks for sharing!!!! GO BUCKS!!!!

Descartesz

Hate to mention it to a Buckeye, but Michigan was first. (Well the first public Big 10, at any rate.)

gvnee89

As a future UT-Knoxville graduate student, I think it is a great idea to join the Common Application. From my research of UT-Knoxville, it seems like UT needs more out of state students and more applicants to become a top 25 public university (their current initiative).

testobsessed

Let me know when Georgetown joins. 2034?

Sparkeye7

Wow, thanks for the reminder!! Ohio State & Michigan are the only two public Big Ten in Common App now. Perfect timing for tOSU imho! With President Gee at the helm academically, Urban Meyer coaching football & Thad Matta for basketball, Ohio State's acceptance rate will drop like a rock next year!! Go Bucks!!

Ohio State increases financial aid by $50 million

Source: http://www.osu.edu/news/newsitem3385

Certainly one of the most popular colleges in the country:

(Gallup Poll) http://www.gallup.com/poll/9109/harv...es-public.aspx

Geographic diversity (Columbus campus, autumn 2011)

Ohio State enrolls students from every state and territory. States with the highest enrollment:

# 500+: Pennsylvania, Illinois, New York, California, Michigan
# 300 – 499: Texas, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia
# 100 – 299: Florida, Indiana, Georgia, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Utah, Minnesota, Missouri, Arizona, Tennessee, Connecticut
# 50 – 99: West Virginia, Washington, Colorado, South Carolina, Kansas

Source: http://undergrad.osu.edu/admissions/quick-facts.html

Sparkeye7

USNWR Top Public Schools (Common App Members)

Top-5

1. Virginia
2. Michigan (2010)
3. North Carolina
4. William & Mary
5. Ohio State (2012)

Source: Top Public Schools | Rankings | Top National Universities | US News

notrichenough

So these schools will get more applications and make some extra money from application fees as students don't have to do more than check a box to send in another application, but won't that crush their yield and lead to a much more unpredictable yield?

We are already seeing schools with wait lists in the thousands.

Sparkeye7

Well, in terms of money, one thing for certain is that Ohio State will become one of the most if not the most affordable US News Top-50 Colleges for the OOS students (current COA at $35k, which includes tuition + fees at $25k per year). This statement certainly does not take into consideration of the recent $50 million financial-aid & merit scholarships increase. Simply put, Ohio State - Best Value noted by both Princeton Review and Kiplinger! Go Bucks!!

P.S. I wonder if UC System will ever adopt Common App?!

Davidabb84

It interests me that, looking at the full member list, only 3 of NC's public universities (UNC Chapel Hill, Asheville, and Wilmington) use the Common App. You'd think that would be a decision that's made system wide.

Indeed, every school in the SUNY and UMass systems seems to have joined. But looking at it again, there are other public schools where only one or a couple are in it. I would think that choosing to use the common app would be something a public university system as a whole would decide on.

AvidStudent

Eventually, it will just be CommonApp and UC App.

hotair

Georgetown would be well advised to go to the Common App, their current app is unbelievably annoying, and UChicago's rise with the Common app should be a model for them