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I suspect a major reason that Pitt is a hot safety (in addition to the meritorious reasons you reference) is that Pitt admits rolling very early in the process. A kid w high stats OOS could be admitted to Pitt in September or October. That kid is feeling good about Pitt and about the college process. I think that’s why college counselors and folks here on CC recommend it so often. You never hear anyone recommend PSU as an early app to make yourself feel good LOL.
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Absolutely. I wrote that post way back in August 2023 (feels like an eternity now), and since then I have really, really come to appreciate that early admissions decision they provide.
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Public universities would be doing all applicants a big favor by making early rolling decisions. Their admit rates are high enough (excluding honors type programs), that they should be able to make a call fairly soon after receiving an application. It would reduce a lot of angst, cut down on unnecessary applications and provide some early feedback on the strength of an applicant.
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I think it depends on whether they admit by college or even major, with each college or major having its own criteria.
I think UIowa has automatic admissions for all applicants to the College of Liberal arts&science who are above a certain threshold of grades×rigor×test scores. CSUs do that for their non impacted majors.
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For the majority of publics, yes maybe but plenty of publics don’t admit by stats alone.
At the most popular publics, OOS admit rates and especially for competitive majors, are often in the single digits or low teens. So not very different. And keep in mind they are holistic too and need to shape their class so can’t admit on a rolling basis.
Those publics with really low OOS admit rates are more the exception than the rule, however. So even if those were still not rolling, rolling at most of the rest would really be a big and welcome change for many.
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I don’t see most flagships moving to rolling decisions, but it’s not the topic of this thread so I’ll leave it at that with this closing note: the college admissions process is not at all about what’s best for applicants.
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I always had a problem with schools admitting by major. Interests change and the level of preparedness varies greatly with each student. Wouldn’t it be better for major selection (if there are resource constraints) to occur after freshmen year? The university will actually have much better insight into the interests and aptitude of its students for selective majors. Three years to fulfill major requirements should be sufficient. Many if not most of the top colleges don’t require major section until sometime during or after sophomore year.