did they change something - like go to TO or just get on common app?
Seems crazy…in and of itself.
US News popped for them - but not to that level I wouldn’t think.
Yes. First time on CA.
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They’ve been TO since 2021. This is their first year on CA. USNWR did them well this year! It will be interesting to follow what happens next year with their acceptance rate.
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That, and what kind of yield they get. Will they admit the same number as usual or will they accept more because they can’t be as certain about the level of interest given the huge influx of new applicants.
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Yield will likely drop, so the acceptance rate will be lower but not as much as the 60% increase in apps might suggest. They’re going to have to compensate for a lower yield, especially among OOS applicants.
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Right. It will be a whole new world in terms of trying to predict yield. I suspect some interesting times ahead - often colleges going through this end up over enrolling for a couple of years but over time that tends to smooth out.
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ahhhhhhhh - yep, that explains it!!!
All the schools that go on Common App get huge rushes…so it’s that (not US News) I’d hypothesiz.
So many schools have realized this and joined.
Same admit number.
“…campus has not grown in size. We expect to bring in a first-year class that is similar in size to fall 2022 and 2023.”
I suspect it opened the gates to many OOS that hadn’t considered it. Outside of NJ, Rutgers is a desirable school to attend.
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I realize the class size will be the same but will they admit more applicants because of the uncertainty of yield.
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I don’t know that and probably something they have to figure out now as well. They were clearly overwhelmed with the numbers.
SUNY Binghamton apparently received 50,000 applications for only 2,950 spots. Crazy year.
and all this as college enrollment continues to decline.
The rich are getting richer though…
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USC EA was similar. 40k+ applications for less than 3k spots.
acceptance rate was lower than Harvard REA. Crazy.
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USC accepts or defers in EA. The 3k acceptances are just for EA, there is an additional 5k they take from RD. The 30k+ EA defer will move to RD. And in RD another 40k applications will be added to that. So approximately 70k apps for less than 5k spots in RD.
Our school has a large pool of USC applicants. The only two that got in at EA were double legacy and another’s father is an esteemed professor there.
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S24’s school had 28 acceptances last year about 12 being EA. As far as S24 can see, there were only 3 EA acceptances. Not sure what to make of it.
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I just keep emphasizing to S24, any of the schools he applied to are options and all he needs is one acceptance.
These dizzying application numbers coupled with low acceptance rates are really too stressful for these kids.
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I really wonder if things will get broken enough that a major change will happen. Like, cutting the Common App limit to 10 schools, or something similarly drastic on the surface that would actually shake out to not much difference in outcomes with a lot less stress.
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Like many state schools, Binghamton has pretty low yield though. According to their most recent CDS, they had to admit over 17,000 students to fill the 3,000 first year spots. It does look as if the school is getting more popular, which makes sense given its relatively low cost, its (for many) attractive medium size, and its strong academic reputation.
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State schools (kids want to attend) guaranteeing admission would reduce overall stress also. but most likely it will have to be GPA + standardized tests otherwise GPA inflation will skyrocket.
CU Boulder used to have a GPA+SAT chart published. If you were above a certain threshold, you were guaranteed a spot.
But then that’s probably why their ranking dropped so much last 30 years.
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But then you end up at UT, where they only auto admit the top 6%, and the quality of that top 6% varies greatly by high school. And it has it’s own problem of people gaming GPA.
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