<p>Madison had 28,564 applications as of Feb. 15, about a 10% increase from last year.</p>
<p>Most of the people I know submitted over 10 apps. How many people in this country score over 2100 on their sat’s??? In my daughter class two years ago many of her friends were looking to go to schools like William and Mary or UV. As it turned out those who were in need of money ended up in private schools full boat (no money). If you wanted to go to business school and you live within 100 miles of NYC why wouldn’t you attend NYU if you either were rich or poor. When I was in the same situation as my kids it was a no brainer. Why should it be harder to get into UW’s business school??? I believe that because there is very little money for state schools to offer private schools will scoop up many of the accepted UW students. The large number of applicants is due to the economy. All state schools have many more students that are qualified, there will be a large waiting list. My nephew was put on the waiting list a few years ago, he was later accepted but he attended another school for free. I bet this will be the case for a lot of UW applicants.</p>
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<p>52,254 among 2010 graduating seniors.
<a href=“http://professionals.collegeboard.com/profdownload/sat-percentile-ranks-composite-cr-m-w-2010.pdf[/url]”>Higher Education Professionals | College Board;
<p>and 45,348 32+ scores for ACT (>= 2100 SAT equivalence)
<a href=“http://www.act.org/news/data/10/pdf/profile/National2010.pdf?utm_campaign=cccr10&utm_source=profilereports&utm_medium=web[/url]”>http://www.act.org/news/data/10/pdf/profile/National2010.pdf?utm_campaign=cccr10&utm_source=profilereports&utm_medium=web</a></p>
<p>with some overlap between the populations.</p>
<p>Most private schools are not all that rich. Only a few have endowments over $2 Billion.They lost lots of money in the market and have had to cut spending just like publics. Just because it is private does not mean it has a good balance sheet. If they are heavily discounting tuition AKA giving “scholarships”, they have to make it up elsewhere or cut spending. Being private is not a magic bullet. It’s just a form of ownership. NYU does not give much fin aid and the sticker price is $50K or so. Plus they cannot take everyone who wants to go there for business. Not to mention not everyone wants to live/work in NYC.</p>
<p>My point was that NYU can back up their offer with money for students they want. I know that a large number of my friends went there for free. A very high percentage of the current accepted students will not attend UW. NYU and other top private schools have early decision. They can lock-up a nice number of great applicants early on. If you want to make a lot of money and work on Wall street than NYU is a great choice. My point was that it is harder to get directly into UW’s business program and IMHO is may not be worth it, but my son really wants to attend. I hope he gets in and I will write the check.</p>
<p>The direct admit program is brand new. Basically a test to see how they do versus the later admits.<br>
NYU is not known for good fin aid in any universe I know about. Just the opposite. </p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/new-york-university/741064-what-makes-nyu-so-much-more-expensive.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/new-york-university/741064-what-makes-nyu-so-much-more-expensive.html</a></p>
<p>I guess the sour grapes on the UW board stems from the fact that the deferred students would have been shoe ins any other year.</p>