<p>For those of you who have been at this for a while…was wondering if adcoms attempt to stay fairly consistent from one year to the next with regard to the following categories:</p>
<li> Male/Female %</li>
<li> Minority %</li>
<li> Public HS/Private HS %</li>
<li> Instate/Out of State %<br></li>
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<p>Thanks in advance</p>
<p>Well, I do know that some schools very much want to change the %M/%F and actively recruit, eg, males to attempt to better equalize that percentage. S was recruited heavily from such a school he had visited. There have been articles in the press about it. I assume they work on % minority as well. Not familiar with the other aspects.</p>
<p>No. The profiles don’t change much year to year. For the most part, colleges are what they are and attract the students they attract.</p>
<p>The exception, statistically, may be the very small liberal arts colleges. The enrolled class sizes are so small that a handful of kids can change the percentages. But, that’s more of a statistical anomoly from year to year than indicative of any underlying change.</p>
<p>In State/Out of State for state schools especially the flagships is usually a defined percentage. Sometime the state legislature will allow them to up the % of Out of State a little to bring in more revenue.</p>
<p>Also sometimes private schools will make a conscious effort to up or at least maintain the % of in staters for political and alumni reasons. Having locals helps with the state legislature and the city council. Also helps tou atheletic team fan base and maybe locals are more apt to be donors too.</p>