What should colleges do to manage the increase in apps?

chmcnm
Tue, 27 Apr 2021 00:39:11 +0000

Mwfan1921:

Fundamentally schools can’t control how many apps they get.

Some of this was self-inflicted with TO. They didn’t have to go TO. Florida wasn’t TO and FSU had a record number of applicants.

Let’s be honest…admissions is big business. If they wanted to shrink the apps they could…but they don’t want to…there’s no incentive on the schools.

Maybe something like 3 free apps. The next 5 are a small fee like $20. After that it’s $100.

You could also limit the apps to 10 with a ranking. Have a default option if you don’t get into any of the 10.