And yet a reason stated by many non-applicants is that they don’t want to go to Rutgers is because EVERYONE from their high school is going there. How are all these people going there without applying since no one wants to apply to a school where everyone is going?
My nephew was in a graduating class of about 250. He also knew a lot of kids from years of youth sports and other activities, plus he knew kids from the years ahead of him. All told, he probably knew 200 kids out of 30k on campus, a drop in the bucket of who he knew at the flagship. My daughter went to an OOS flagship and still knew two kids she’d gone to K with. It was nice to see a familiar face or two in those early days.