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At least 210 colleges and universities still have space available for qualified freshman and/or transfer students and all have financial aid to offer, according to the results of the National Association for College Admission Counselings annual Space Availability Survey: Openings for Qualified Students.
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<p>NACAC</a> Homepage</p>
<p>Is anyone else having problems opening this link? I tried several hours ago and just tried again, both times using my iPad.</p>
<p>I think the site must be down. The link worked earlier, and now it doesn’t, and neither do the links on Google. Perhaps the rush from Adad’s posting crashed the site.</p>
<p>Looks like the site has crashed. I posted it on the Penn State forum for someone dealing with a “late decision” and it’s not linking up…</p>
<p>Site and list are back up, at least for the moment!</p>
<p>I did a summer internship at Batavia Labs way back, and I stayed at Elmhurst College in IL, and I still yearn for that school. I never attended class there but the campus was small and beautiful, and the town was as sweet as could be. </p>
<p>Thanks for that list link.</p>
<p>so what does everyone take away from this list? There are big schools and small, private and public, expensive and inexpensive. </p>
<p>I’d have to look at prior years lists, but are the same schools on the list year after year? Or is it safe to assume that if a school is on this list, they will adjust next year’s admission criteria to try to increase yield?</p>
<p>If you were a student who actually didn’t get in to any of the schools you applied to, theoretically you could apply to these schools now, and if you meet their criteria, are likely to get in? </p>
<p>Just interested in everyone’s interpretation of what this list means.</p>
<p>I think this data is pretty ambiguous. For the schools that list only limited financial aid ability, I can see a couple of possible interpretations. The more negative of the two is that they are overpriced for the market, given that they are having trouble finding students who are both willing and able to pay list price. The other possible interpretation is that they have not fallen very short (and they have met their diversity, high achiever, and special talent goals), but that they are willing to make room for some full pay students because they can use the money. To figure out which interpretation is correct, we’d need data that the list does not provide, like how many open spaces they have.</p>
<p>For the schools that show financial aid as available, I think the outlook is worse, as they seem to be having trouble selling their product, even at a discount. Now the problem may be that they are not making the best use of their financial aid resources (they may not have offered enough aid to make the school affordable or competitive to the students they admitted), but you would think that they would have already tried to sweeten the pot for some if their numbers were looking bad. That they are still sitting on unspent aid money is concerning.</p>
<p>Of course all of the above assumes that a school must be running at capacity to be viable, which is a big assumption.</p>
<p>Not surprising to see just a smattering of CA schools, but was surprised to see some pretty good schools on the list</p>
<p>I think at this point in the process, things are personal. I’d pick up the phone and call.</p>
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<p>I think the reasons are pretty obvious.</p>
<p>Let’s just say, for myself, I see no real surprises on that list except for maybe one or two exceptions.</p>
<p>The Apple Newton, Sony Betamax and Ford Edsel were not successful either.</p>
<p>I think part of the issue is that, now, kids apply to 10, 20, or even more schools. It’s not just those aiming for the lottery schools. It’s the Common App and people looking for need aid and merit aid. Colleges must have a very hard time getting the right number of kids to enroll. I expect more of a skew in ED versus regular for privates going forward. Check out the St. Mary’s thread and the Selling Out the Poor thread. It’s all related.</p>
<p>Personally, I think there are more than a few surprises. Beloit, Clarke, Eckerd, Evergreen, Juniata, Lewis and Clark, Loyola Marymount, New College of Florida, Valparaiso and Westminster are all small enough and respected enough that their not filling is a pretty significant sign, IMHO.</p>
<p>^ I’d add Knox College (IL) to eyemgh’s list; US News ranks it as the #75 national LAC, in the same ballpark with Lewis & Clark (#70). Also Augustana College (IL), at #96; Lake Forest College (IL), tied with Juniata for the #100 LAC spot in USN; and Albion College (MI), at #112.</p>
<p>All which is to say that the canary that just flew down the coal mine, might not be coming back.</p>
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Maybe, but for all we know, these institutions have been on this list for many years previously.</p>
<p>I don’t know. I’ve seen schools on this list that did not show up in the next few years, so I would not say that it is a death knell. I would not want to be an admissions officer any day, but these days with all of the phantom apps that come flying in, I would particularly be jumpy. Fewer kids out there, and more apps due to the common app and kids applying to more schools on average. Each kid can only go to one. </p>
<p>We were discussing this on a thread on this forum regarding St Mary’s of MD which also made the list this year. Other schools that I noted are Albright and Stetson.</p>
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skrlvr—I copied this year’s list into excel so that I can compare it to next year’s. (I need a real hobby.) I recall seeing one school on the list last year that does not appear on this year’s list but I never thought to copy last year’s list, thinking it would be accessible still.</p>
<p>Here’s 2012:
[Space</a> Availability Survey Results 2012](<a href=“http://web.archive.org/web/20120507020655/http://www.nacacnet.org/research/research-data/SpaceSurvey/Pages/SpaceSurveyResults.aspx]Space”>Space Availability Survey Results 2012)</p>
<p>Agnes Scott College
Albertus Magnus College
Albion College
Albright College
Alliant International University
AMDA - The American Muiscal and Dramatic Academy NY and LA
American College Dublin
American International College
American Jewish University
Anderson University
Anoka Technical College
Aquinas College
Arcadia University
Arizona State University
Art Academy Of Cincinnati
Asbury University
Augustana College
Augustana College
Baker University
Baldwin-Wallace College
Bangor University
Bard College at Simon’s Rock
Belhaven University
Bellarmine University
Belmont Abbey College
Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology
Berry College
Birminghagm-Southern College
Bluefield College
Bluffton University
Boston Architectural College
Brenau University
Brevard College
Briar Cliff University
Brooklyn College - CUNY
Bryn Athyn College
Buena Vista University
Buffalo State College
Cabrini College
CalArts
Caldwell College
California Baptist University
California College of the Arts
Campbellsville University
Canisius College
Capital University
Capitol College
Cardinal Stritch University
Carroll College
Carson-Newman College
Castleton State College
Cazenovia College
Cedar Crest College
Centenary College
Centenary College
Central Methodist University
Centre College
CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY
Charleston Southern University
Chatham University
Chestnut Hill College
Christian Brothers University
Clarion University
Clarke University
Clayton State University
College of Coastal Georgia
College of St. Joseph
College of the Atlantic
Colorado STate University-Pueblo
Columbia College
Columbia College Chicago
Community College of Allegheny County
Community Colleges of Spokane
Compass College of Cinematic Arts
Concordia College-New York
Cottey College
Crown College
CUNY Hunter College
Curry College
Dean College
Defiance College
Delaware College of Art and Design
Delaware Valley College
Dixie State Collge of Utah
Dowling College
Drew University
East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania
East Texas Baptist University
Eastern Connecticut State University
Eastern Illinois University
Eastern Oregon University
Eckerd College
Edgewood College
Edinboro University
Elizabeth City State University
Elizabethtown College
Elmhurst College
Elmira CollegE
Elms College
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Emory & Henry College
Eureka College
Evergreen State College
Fairmont State University
Fayetteville State University
Felician College
Ferris State University
Ferrum College
Fisher College
Flagler College
Florida Atlantic University
Florida Institute of Technology
Florida Southern College
Framingham State University
Franklin College Switzerland
Fresno Pacific University
Frostburg State University
Gardner-Webb University
George Fox University
Georgetown College
Goldey-Beacom College
Gonzaga University
Gordon College
Goshen College
Grace College
Graceland University
Grand View University
Greensboro College
Guilford College
Gwynedd-Mercy College
Hawaii Pacific University
Heidelberg University
Hibbing Community College
Hofstra University
Hollins University
Holy Cross College
Holy Family University
Hood College
Hope College
Houston Baptist University
Husson University
Illinois College
Indiana Tech
Indiana University Southeast
Inver Hills Community College
Iona College
Iowa Lakes Community College
Iowa Wesleyan College
Itasca Community College
IUPUI
Jacksonville University
Jacobs University Bremen
Jamestown College
John Carroll University
Johnson & Wales University
Judson University
Juniata College
Kalamazoo College
Keene State College
Keiser University College of Golf
Keystone College
Knox College
La Sierra University
LaGrange College
Lake Superior State University
Lakeland College
Lawrence University
Le Moyne College
Lebanon Valley College
LeMoyne-Owen College
Lenoir-Rhyne University
Lesley College
LeTourneau University
Lewis University
Lincoln College-Normal
Linfield College
Lock Haven University
Long Island University Brooklyn
Longwood University
Loras College
Louisiana State University - Baton Rouge
Loyola University Maryland
Loyola University New Orleans
Lycoming College
Lynchburg College
MacMurray College
Manhattanville College
Marlboro College
Marshall University
Mary Baldwin College
Marymount College, Palos Verdes
Marymount Manhattan College
Maryville University
Marywood University
Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
McMurry University
Menlo College
Mesabi Range Community & Technical College
Methodist University
Michigan Technological University
Millikin University
Mills College
Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design
Milwaukee School of Engineering
Minneapolis College of Art and Design
Minnesota State College - Southeast Technical
Minnesota State University Moorhead
Missouri Baptist University
Mitchell College
Monmouth University
Moravian College
Morehouse College
Mount Mercy University
MOUNT OLIVE COLLEGE
Mount Saint Mary College
Mount St. Mary’s University
Mountwest Community and Technical College
Multnomah University
National Louis University
New College of Florida
New England College
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (New Mexico Tech)
New York Institute of Technology
Newbury College
Niagara University
Nichols College
North Carolina A&T State University
North Carolina Wesleyan College
North Central College
North Dakota State University
North Park University
Northern Michigan University
Northland College
Northwest University
Notre Dame de Namur University
Notre Dame of Maryland University
Oglethorpe University
Ohio Mid-Western College
Ohio Northern University
Oregon State University
Otis College of Art and Design
Otterbein University
Our Lady of Holy Cross College
Pace University
Pacific Lutheran University
Pacific University
Pacific University
Pfeiffer University
Philadelphia University
Polytechnic Institute of New York University
Portland State university
Queen’s University
Queens University of Charlotte
Radford University
Rainy River Community College
Randolph College
Randolph-Macon College
Regent University
Regis College
Rider University
Ringling College of Art and Design
Ripon College
Robert Morris University
Rockford College
Rockhurst University
Rosemont College
Rutgers-Camden Campus
Sacred Heart University
Saint Joseph College
Saint Joseph’s College
Saint Joseph’s University
Saint Martin’s University
Saint Mary’s College
Saint Mary’s University
Saint Michael’s College
Saint Peter’s College
Salve Regina University
Seton Hall University
Shimer College
Siena College
Siena Heights University
Skagit Valley College
Smith College
Somerset Christian College
Southeast Technical Institute
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Southern Vermont College
Southwest Baptist University
Southwest Minnesota State University
Springfield College
St. Bonaventure University
St. Catherine University
St. Edward’s University
St. John’s College
St. John’s College
St. John’s University
St. Joseph’s College New York - Suffolk Campus
St. Joseph’s College New York - Suffolk Campus
St. Thomas Aquinas College
State University of New York at Fredonia
State University of New York College of Technology
Sterling College
Stetson University
Stevenson University
SUNY - Alfred State College
SUNY Canton
SUNY Institute of Technology
Susquehanna University
Sweet Briar College
Tennessee Wesleyan College
Texas Lutheran University
Texas Wesleyan University
The American University of Paris
THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF ROME
The British Columbia Institute of Technology
The College of Idaho
The College of New Rochelle
The Culinary Institute of America
The University of Arizona
The University of Edinburgh
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
The University of Oklahoma
The University of Tampa
Thomas College
Trine University
Trinity Christian College
Trinity Lutheran College
Trinity Washington University
Trinity Western University
Triton College
Truman State University
UMBC - University of Maryland, Baltimore County
UNC Wilmington
Unity College
Universidad de Iberoamerica in Costa Rica
University of Alabama in Huntsville
University of Alaska Fairbanks
University of Alberta
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
University of Detroit Mercy
University of Dundee
University of Florida
University of Great Falls
University of Hartford
University of Hawaii - West Oahu
University of Idaho
University of Iowa
University of Kansas
University of King’s College
University of Maine
University of Maine at Farmington
University of Maine at Fort Kent
University of Massachusetts Lowell
University of Minnesota, Crookston
University of Missouri - Kansas City
University of Missouri-St. Louis
University of Montana
University of Mount Union
University of Nevada, Reno
University of North Carolina at Pembroke
University of North Florida
University of Northern Colorado
University of Northern Iowa
University of Puget Sound
University of San Diego
University of Saskatchewan
University of South Florida
University of Texas at Dallas
University of the Arts
University of the Ozarks
University of Utah
University of Vermont
University of Victoria
University of Washington Bothell
University of Washington Tacoma
University of WI-Stout
Upper Iowa University
Ursinus College
Ursuline College
Utica College
Valencia College
Valley Forge Military College
Valparaiso University
Villanova University
Virginia Intermont College
Virginia State University
Viterbo University
Wagner College
Warren Wilson College
Wartburg College
Washington & Jefferson College
Watkins College of Art, Design & Film
Waynesburg University
Webster University
Wentworth Military Academy and Collge
Western New England University
Western State College of Colorado
Westminster College
Wheaton College
Wheelock College
Wilkes University
William Carey University
William Paterson University
William Peace University
Wilson College
Worcester State University
Xavier University
Xavier University of Louisiana
York College, The City University of New York
York St John University
Youngstown State university</p>
<p>I don’t remember what was on last year’s list. But there are some flagship schools that are on this list that surprised me. Both Arizona flagships, U of K, Uof M, UFl, U of Kansas, Idaho schools, Iowa schools. Also Drexel, Embry Riddle, Eugene Lang, Hofstra, Kettering, A whole lot of St Joes, Lawrence, some Sunys and the usual cadre of Catholic schools, including U of SF, Sienna, Loyola of NO, . Kettering, Eckerd, Lawrence are surprises to me.</p>