APPLICATIONS GROWTH Class of 2012

<p>Thanks for the College Board link, newmassdad. I've bookmarked it.</p>

<p>I'm not fighting over the data, exactly, but the College Board projection charts for high school graduates (which increase steadily through 2016) do NOT look like the U.S. NCES projection charts linked above, which level off after 2009.</p>

<p>College Board is confident it can drum up more business by having a higher percentage of young people consider going to college. :) I'd say that's a warranted confidence.</p>

<p>jhs,
Thanks for your post. I'm scratching my head a little here. The 1.4 million to 2.3 million jump in high school graduates from 1993 to 2006 has been quoted several times on CC (including by me) and I accepted it as proven. I can't remember the original source or thread, but I think it came from a newspaper or magazine article of some type that was posted here on CC. Not sure what to say as I'm not sure what they were drawing from, but that does appear to be a rather significant difference.</p>

<p>Hawkette, JHS:
Aw heck. Now you folks are going to be nice to each other? I guess I've been following the primaries too much. I thought arguing and fighting were human nature? :)</p>

<p>Looks like Tulane has trumped them all !! Information from Tulane indicates that this year's applications are almost DOUBLE last years, with extraordinary increases in not only the number of applicants to the EA and RD pool, (thousands more than last year) but exceptionally high quality applicants as well.</p>

<p>Glad to see that Tulane is recovering so nicely!</p>

<p>This is great news for all universities, not just Tulane, as it shows how an institution can bounce back from a near fatal blow. </p>

<p>I well remember how welcoming a large number of top universities were to Tulane kids when the campus shut down after the storm. I was even more pleased with the eager return of most of these kids to Tulane - how they stayed loyal and were not seduced by their temporary homes. Now this!</p>

<p>I have said it before and I'll say it again...</p>

<p>Tulane is a very good and very underrated college with very good students and a very attractive undergraduate experience in a very fun city. New Orleans will have its issues for years to come, but students at Tulane will have the opportunity to be part of the solution to the Katrina disaster. For many students, this will have great appeal. Glad that there are students all over the country who recognize this and willing to give Tulane a close look.</p>

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<p>Hawkette, weren't you afraid of running out of "very?" </p>

<p>While it is wonderful to see Tulane rebound from near disaster, it is still in New Orleans. There are indeed plenty of opportunities to address the impact of Katrina (starting with the proposed changes in education.) Redressing the decades --if not centuries-- of mismanagement, corruption, and organized socio-economic indentured servitude will take a lot more than the return of well-meaning students at Tulane. </p>

<p>Mardi Gras only happens once a year.</p>

<p>xiggi,
You are very correct and I am very, very sorry. But Tulane is still a very good school and a very fun time, even if New Orleans is always going to be a very, very, very poorly run city. Also, Mardi Gras is very, very fun. </p>

<p>I knew I shouldn't have cut those freshman writing seminars. :rolleyes:</p>

<p>Schadenfreude moment: Those in charge of Enrollment Management at Tulane have a job that is probably a lot tougher than their title or their pay grade would indicate. Someone at Harvard has to think about enrollment management, too . . . probably for 30 or 40 minutes a year. Managing enrollment at Tulane the past few years (and figuring out what to do when your applications suddenly double): that's no fun.</p>

<p>Probably the words from the mouth. Tulane has very nice FA or merit based scholarship program.</p>

<p>*** UPDATE*** For all you statistics hounds..... This year, Tulane received....... ready........ wait for it.......... 33,700 applications for 1,400 freshman spots. According to that US News article, last yrs yield was only 19%. So, even if they accept 5X as many students as they have spots for, wouldn't the acceptance rate be only about 20-21% (am I doing my math right?) This is a pretty dramatic change! I guess that is a nice problem for Tulane to have.</p>

<p>Ok-- According to 2008 US News, last yr Tulane had 20,756 applications. This year increase is almost 62% ! YIKES! Last year they accepted 7824, an acceptance rate of 37.7%. If they accept the exact same number of students, their acceptance rate drops to 23.2%. Thats a big change (though I expect we'll see significantly lower acceptance rates across the board.)</p>

<p>Johns Hopkins is up 7% </p>

<p><a href="http://www.jhu.edu/%7Egazette/2008/04feb08/04soar.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.jhu.edu/~gazette/2008/04feb08/04soar.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Follow-up to alumother's link to some Rice admissions stats. The article from their school paper says applications are up 11%. There are other interesting comments about admissions, including the planned ratio of in state to out of state students in the coming years Enrollment</a> growth matches V2C plans | The Rice Thresher</p>

<p>from the Hamilton Spectator:</p>

<p>Early Decision Notification for the Class of 2012
By Eloise Walter '11</p>

<pre><code>The Early Decision Round I letters for the Hamilton College Bicentennial Class of 2012 have been mailed. 133 students were admitted out of a competitive pool of 341 Early Decision Round I applications. Dean of Admission and Financial Aid Monica Inzer described this year's Early Decision applicants as "academically strong and diverse." She said that, "the number, quality, diversity, and overall strength of this year's ED applicants are very similar to last year's record class." Inzer noted the geographic reach of the ED I accepted students, hailing from all northeastern states along with CO, CA, FL, MI, NM, OH, OK, TX, WA, China and London.
Hamilton's regular decision application deadline was January 1. For the first time ever, Hamilton received over 5,000 applications, totaling 5,075 candidates for the class of 2012. This figure compares to Hamilton's previous high of 4,961 applicants for the class of 2011, a 16% increase compared to two years ago.
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<p>Middlebury sent letters to applicants stating the college received more than 7,800 applications for the class of 2012. That brings the total increase over last year to 8.5 percent.</p>

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<p>so, what was the growth Last year? 8%? 2%? (Actually, if one takes the time to do the math, the growth was 2.3%!)</p>

<p>What a curious way to present the numbers - report two year growth.</p>

<p>Is there any wonder why some of us have so little faith in what admissions offices say?</p>

<p>NMD, the error (or choice of presentation) might originate at the newspaper. After checking the reported numbers for years, I have concluded that the student reporters tend to report errors due to lacking numerical skills and not malice. Yearly comparisons appear to be especially challenging for the fuzzies!</p>

<p>By the way, Hamilton is one school that does report its numbers on a timely basis. From comparing the CDS for 2008 through 2005: </p>

<p>Year App Admits Rate
2008 5075 NA NA
2007 4962 1376 28%
2006 4266 1425 33%
2005 4189 1502 36%</p>

<p>Year App Rate Increase Over Prior Year<br>
2008 5075 + 2%<br>
2007 4962 + 16%<br>
2006 4266 + 2%<br>
2005 4189</p>