<p>My son’s scores are about the same as yours. In decreasing order of selectivity, he’s applying to…</p>
<p>Wake Forest University
Lafayette College
Gettysburg College
Dickinson College
Univeristy of Richmond
St. Mary’s College of Maryland
University of Maryland
Elon University
Roanoke College
Salisbury Univeristy</p>
<p>As you can see, his list is mostly smallish Liberal Arts Colleges (LACs) with a few large publics thrown in for financial reasons. That type may not appeal to you. </p>
<p>What are you looking for in a college? And, are you a HS senior or a junior?</p>
<p>i’m a senior. i’m applying to Penn State, Maryland, Syracuse (Newhouse), UConn, James Madison, Loyola MD, The College of New Jersey, Quinnipiac, and Rowan. I’m looking for another reach though</p>
<p>It think you don’t get to apply to the Newhouse school until you’re upper division, but things may have changed since my time on the hill.</p>
<p>Are you looking for journalism?</p>
<p>Your SAT scores are only one part of the package. You need to assess your GPA, xcurriculars, interests, recommendations, etc., before you make a final decision. Based on your apparent desire for staying close to the garden state:</p>
<p>Rutgers, Lehigh, Temple, Villanova, Ithaca College (Has a J School) are some ideas.</p>
<p>You’re not doing your research if Elon is that far down. It has about the same acceptance rate at Wake. Look on collegeboard.com. All of those other schools are way way way easier to get into.</p>
<p>Depends on the school you come from and extracurricular activities.<br>
Inner city schools I hear get priority.
If you are in the top of your class at an inner city school, that’s what can determine it.</p>
<p>Based on acceptance rate alone, you make a valid point. (Wake is 38% and Elon is 42%)</p>
<p>However, in general, Wake students have higher SAT scores, GPAs, and they face a tougher admissions process. For example, my son’s SAT of 1330 (R&M) puts him in the middle of the pack at Wake. At Elon, he’s at or above the 75% range. Further, “only” 33% of the Elon student body come from the top ten percent of their senior class. At Wake, 64% of the student body were in the top ten percent. </p>
<p>Selectivity is not purely based on acceptance rate. It’s a combination of factors that reflect the caliber of students that apply and get in. </p>
<p>As for your opinion that “all those other schools are way way way easier to get into,” I think you’d have a different opinion if you looked beyond acceptance rate. When you consider their average SATs, GPAs, class rank, etc., I think you’ll see that the student accepted at Elon would have longer odds at the other schools on my son’s list.</p>
<p>^^also, one needs to account for ED admissions…haven’t looked but doesn’t Elon accept more of it’s class ED and therefore has a higher ED acceptance rate…that would account for the reduced RD rate and create an artificial selectivity (at 42%)…</p>
<p>yes but the SAT scores are not 100% of the Elon student body. My point is that they are similar and Elon is getting more competitive every day. I also know schools pretty well and many of those other ones are easier to get into.</p>
<p>According to CB: Elon accepted 318 out of 422 ED applicants for a % of 75%…; with an incoming freshman class target of 1200, that leaves about 800 spots to be filled…EA applications were accepted at 46%…doesn’t leave many spots for RD apps which probably accounts for the very low RD acceptance rate which skews the overall rate…</p>
<p>Wake Forest: no info on CB other than 38% acceptance rate…if others have more info, you can post…I don’t feel like searching for the CDS.</p>