Applications Growth - Class of 2014

Parents Forum
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<p>Brown +20%
U of California System +2%
Cal State System +50%
Chicago +42%
Cornell +5%
Dartmouth +4%
DePauw +18%
Duke +11%
George Washington +3%
Harvard +5%
Hawaii-Manoa +25%
Illinois Urbana-Champaign +3%
Hopkins +13%
Loyola (MD) +30%
UMBC +27%
Maryland-College park “down”
Middlebury +15%
MIT +5%
Northwestern +8%
Penn State +3%
Penn +17%
Princeton +19%
Richmond +9%
Stanford +5%
Virginia +3%
Washington and Lee +3%
Williams +3%
Yale -0.7%</p>

<p>I added Williams back in. See post #37.</p>

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<p>[url=<a href=“http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/24/AR2010012401624.html]washingtonpost.com[/url”>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/24/AR2010012401624.html]washingtonpost.com[/url</a>]</p>

<p>According to this article in today’s Washington Post, applications are up 6% at Washington and Lee University, (not 3%) and UVA has received the largest number of applicants in it’s history, 22,396. </p>

<p>It also looks like UMBC has a 5% increase, but UMD College Park may have a decrease (numbers not given)</p>

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<p>Per Washington Post January 24th:</p>

<p>But applications to Johns Hopkins University are up 13 percent over last year, with a projected pool of 18,150 students competing for 1,235 seats in the freshman class. The University of Richmond received 8,500 applications for 805 slots, a 9 percent increase. Applications are up 6 percent at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Va., and 3 percent at George Washington University in the District. The University of Virginia fielded 22,396 applications, an all-time high. The College of William and Mary, too, expects a record number of applicants. </p>

<p>[url=<a href=“http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/24/AR2010012401624.html]washingtonpost.com[/url”>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/24/AR2010012401624.html]washingtonpost.com[/url</a>]</p>

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<p>Brown +20%
U of California System +2%
Cal State System +50%
Chicago +42%
U Conn +1%
Connecticut College +10%
Cornell +5%
Dartmouth +4%
DePauw +18%
Duke +11%
George Washington +3%
Harvard +5%
Hawaii-Manoa +25%
Illinois Urbana-Champaign +3%
Hopkins +13%
Loyola (MD) +30%
UMBC +5%
Maryland-College park “down”
Middlebury +15%
MIT +5%
Northwestern +8%
Penn State +3%
Penn +17%
Princeton +19%
Richmond +9%
Stanford +5%
Virginia +3%
Washington and Lee +6%
Williams +3%
Yale -0.7%</p>

<p>[The</a> Day - College becomes a haven in troubled times | News from southeastern Connecticut](<a href=“http://www.theday.com/article/20100125/NWS01/301259957/1019&town=]The”>http://www.theday.com/article/20100125/NWS01/301259957/1019&town=)</p>

<p>Thanks to all for their edits.</p>

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<p>Take that with a big grain of salt. Lots of marketing tricks</p>

<p>[Colleges</a> Market Easy, No-Fee Sell to Applicants - NYTimes.com](<a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/26/education/26admit.html?pagewanted=1&hp]Colleges”>http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/26/education/26admit.html?pagewanted=1&hp)</p>

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<p>Don’t these numbers have to reflect the number of applications per student? There are slightly fewer students graduating this year than last, so where else could such overall numbers jumps come from? Chicago has been ‘discovered’ it seems…but in general I’m guessing that after these last 5 years of difficult admissions, students have responded by applying more widely, generating more applications… which may mean more kids coming in off waitlists in the spring.</p>

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<p>;Does anyone have the figures for the schools in DC–American, GW, Georgetown, Howard?</p>

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<p>That’s what I’m wondering also. At my son’s school, this year’s class is much smaller than last year but if you look at Naviance, they have applied in much larger numbers to a greater number of schools. I’m not entirely sure why. I haven’t heard the GCs encouraging this. I know my son has received a mountain of letters (I’m talking several large boxes full), marketing brochures and emails but I figured that was because he was a NMSF. I wonder if all students have been receiving this much marketing material. </p>

<p>Something seems off about this. I can see state U’s getting a huge uptick in applications and even Chicago but we’re in the middle of a major recession. Most GCs were predicting a downward trend in applications for the more pricier schools and an upward trend in the state Us. How is the average wage earner planning to pay for schools for a $50k a year school? Surely, they’re not taking on more loans. Maybe they’re casting a wide net in hopes of more merit aid.</p>

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<p>[Roth</a> on Wesleyan Blog Archive Admissions and Recognition](<a href=“Admissions and Recognition – Roth on Wesleyan”>Admissions and Recognition – Roth on Wesleyan)</p>

<p>Wesleyan University up about 6%</p>

<p>Brown +20%
U of California System +2%
Cal State System +50%
Chicago +42%
U Conn +1%
Connecticut College +10%
Cornell +5%
Dartmouth +4%
DePauw +18%
Duke +11%
George Washington +3%
Harvard +5%
Hawaii-Manoa +25%
Illinois Urbana-Champaign +3%
Hopkins +13%
Loyola (MD) +30%
UMBC +5%
Maryland-College park “down”
Middlebury +15%
MIT +5%
Northwestern +8%
Penn State +3%
Penn +17%
Princeton +19%
Richmond +9%
Stanford +5%
Virginia +3%
Washington and Lee +6%
Wesleyan University +6%
Williams +3%
Yale -0.7%</p>

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<p>I understand that the increase also reflects a larger number of international applicants applying to US schools.</p>

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<p>Brown +20%
U of California System +2%
Cal State System +50%
Chicago +42%
U Conn +1%
Connecticut College +10%
Cornell +5%
Dartmouth +4%
DePauw +18%
Duke +11%
George Washington +3%
Harvard +5%
Hawaii-Manoa +25%
Illinois Urbana-Champaign +3%
Hopkins +13%
Loyola (MD) +30%
UMBC +5%
Maryland-College park “down”
Middlebury +15%
University of Minnesota Twin Cities +12%
MIT +5%
Northwestern +9%
Penn State +3%
Penn +17%
Princeton +19%
Richmond +9%
Stanford +5%
Virginia +3%
Washington and Lee +6%
Wesleyan University +6%
Williams +3%
Yale -0.7%</p>

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<p>Yes, I think international apps are a big part of it-- nice fat full-pay international apps that boost “diversity” without draining the coffers.</p>

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<p>I’d say keep them rich foreign students coming! We need the infusion of cash! Colleges can expand total enrollment to accommodate more internationals by not guaranteeing on campus housing for them.</p>

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<p>This article [A</a> bumper year for applications to top colleges | Philadelphia Inquirer | 01/31/2010](<a href=“A bumper year for applications to top colleges”>A bumper year for applications to top colleges) has good information about colleges around Philadelphia. It also includes interesting information about the rise in applicants from California.</p>

<p>Brown +20%
U of California System +2%
Cal State System +50%
Chicago +42%
U Conn +1%
Connecticut College +10%
Cornell +5%
Dartmouth +4%
Delaware +7%
DePauw +18%
Drexel +19%
Duke +11%
George Washington +3%
Harvard +5%
Hawaii-Manoa +25%
Illinois Urbana-Champaign +3%
Hopkins +13%
Loyola (MD) +30%
UMBC +5%
Maryland-College park “down”
Middlebury +15%
University of Minnesota Twin Cities +12%
MIT +5%
Northwestern +9%
Penn State +4%
Penn +17%
Princeton +19%
Richmond +9%
Rutgers +5%
Stanford +5%
Swarthmore +8%
Temple -11% (vs. this time last year – deadline is 3/1)
Villanova +10%
Virginia +3%
Washington and Lee +6%
Wesleyan University +6%
Williams +3%
Yale -0.7%</p>

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<p>Wake Forest admissions up 3% for class of 2014.</p>

<p>[The</a> Cavalier Daily | University sees rise in 2014 applications](<a href=“http://www.cavalierdaily.com/2010/01/21/university-sees-rise-in-2014-applications/]The”>http://www.cavalierdaily.com/2010/01/21/university-sees-rise-in-2014-applications/)</p>

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<p>Brown +20%
U of California System +2%
Cal State System +50%
Chicago +42%
U Conn +1%
Connecticut College +10%
Cornell +5%
Dartmouth +4%
Delaware +7%
DePauw +18%
Drexel +19%
Duke +11%
George Washington +3%
Harvard +5%
Hawaii-Manoa +25%
Illinois Urbana-Champaign +3%
Hopkins +13%
Loyola (MD) +30%
UMBC +5%
Maryland-College park “down”
Middlebury +15%
University of Minnesota Twin Cities +12%
MIT +5%
Northwestern +9%
Penn State +4%
Penn +17%
Princeton +19%
Richmond +9%
Rutgers +5%
Stanford +5%
Swarthmore +8%
Temple -11% (vs. this time last year – deadline is 3/1)
Villanova +10%
Virginia +3%
Wake Forest +3%
Washington and Lee +6%
Wesleyan +6%
Williams +3%
Yale -0.7%</p>

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<p>Your Wake Forest stat is incorrect. If you click on the link mentioned in post #55 it is not for Wake Forest but Virginia. </p>

<p>Brown +20%
U of California System +2%
Cal State System +50%
Chicago +42%
U Conn +1%
Connecticut College +10%
Cornell +5%
Dartmouth +4%
Delaware +7%
DePauw +18%
Drexel +19%
Duke +11%
George Washington +3%
Harvard +5%
Hawaii-Manoa +25%
Illinois Urbana-Champaign +3%
Hopkins +13%
Loyola (MD) +30%
UMBC +5%
Maryland-College park “down”
Middlebury +15%
University of Minnesota Twin Cities +12%
MIT +5%
Northwestern +9%
Penn State +4%
Penn +17%
Princeton +19%
Richmond +9%
Rutgers +5%
Stanford +5%
Swarthmore +8%
Temple -11% (vs. this time last year – deadline is 3/1)
Villanova +10%
Virginia +3%
Washington and Lee +6%
Wesleyan +6%
Williams +3%
Yale -0.7%</p>

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<p>Adding Vassar.</p>

<p>Brown +20%
U of California System +2%
Cal State System +50%
Chicago +42%
U Conn +1%
Connecticut College +10%
Cornell +5%
Dartmouth +4%
Delaware +7%
DePauw +18%
Drexel +19%
Duke +11%
George Washington +3%
Harvard +5%
Hawaii-Manoa +25%
Illinois Urbana-Champaign +3%
Hopkins +13%
Loyola (MD) +30%
UMBC +5%
Maryland-College park “down”
Middlebury +15%
University of Minnesota Twin Cities +12%
MIT +5%
Northwestern +9%
Penn State +4%
Penn +17%
Princeton +19%
Richmond +9%
Rutgers +5%
Stanford +5%
Swarthmore +8%
Temple -11% (vs. this time last year – deadline is 3/1)
Vassar +3%
Villanova +10%
Virginia +3%
Washington and Lee +6%
Wesleyan +6%
Williams +3%
Yale -0.7%</p>

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<p>Adding Ga Tech.</p>

<p>Brown +20%
U of California System +2%
Cal State System +50%
Chicago +42%
U Conn +1%
Connecticut College +10%
Cornell +5%
Dartmouth +4%
Delaware +7%
DePauw +18%
Drexel +19%
Duke +11%
George Washington +3%
Georgia Tech +13%
Harvard +5%
Hawaii-Manoa +25%
Illinois Urbana-Champaign +3%
Hopkins +13%
Loyola (MD) +30%
UMBC +5%
Maryland-College park “down”
Middlebury +15%
University of Minnesota Twin Cities +12%
MIT +5%
Northwestern +9%
Penn State +4%
Penn +17%
Princeton +19%
Richmond +9%
Rutgers +5%
Stanford +5%
Swarthmore +8%
Temple -11% (vs. this time last year – deadline is 3/1)
Vassar +3%
Villanova +10%
Virginia +3%
Washington and Lee +6%
Wesleyan +6%
Williams +3%
Yale -0.7%</p>

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<p>Adding Bowdoin:
[ED</a> II, reg decision apps up, diversity also on the rise](<a href=“http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=2010-02-05&section=1&id=2]ED”>http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=2010-02-05&section=1&id=2)</p>

<p>Bowdoin +1%
Brown +20%
U of California System +2%
Cal State System +50%
Chicago +42%
U Conn +1%
Connecticut College +10%
Cornell +5%
Dartmouth +4%
Delaware +7%
DePauw +18%
Drexel +19%
Duke +11%
George Washington +3%
Georgia Tech +13%
Harvard +5%
Hawaii-Manoa +25%
Illinois Urbana-Champaign +3%
Hopkins +13%
Loyola (MD) +30%
UMBC +5%
Maryland-College park “down”
Middlebury +15%
University of Minnesota Twin Cities +12%
MIT +5%
Northwestern +9%
Penn State +4%
Penn +17%
Princeton +19%
Richmond +9%
Rutgers +5%
Stanford +5%
Swarthmore +8%
Temple -11% (vs. this time last year – deadline is 3/1)
Vassar +3%
Villanova +10%
Virginia +3%
Washington and Lee +6%
Wesleyan +6%
Williams +3%
Yale -0.7%</p>