If a senior has a change in situation and needs to stay closer to home for college, do any universities in NJ take a late admission application since the March 1 date is past? All admitted universities were several hours away and now the student needs to stay in state.
No. Your best bet is a community college. Schools don’t take applications after the final deadline. Unless there’s a 4 year near you with a deadline that hasn’t passed (which isn’t likely), you’re out of luck.
Call, the admissions departments, explain the situation and ask. Then you will know the answer with 100% certainty.
Didn’t you apply to Rutgers and TCNJ back in November? http://talk.qa.collegeconfidential.com/college-new-jersey/2175220-tcnj-vs-rutgers-nb-for-nursing.html#latest
It’s not for me. Thank you for asking.
The linked thread above states that you (the OP) would attend the schools. If this thread is referencing someone other than yourself, you’re breaking the CC rules (no posting for anyone other than yourself or your child).
Agree with happy1 to call the admissions offices of the schools if their deadline has passed.
I would also ask the students GC to call, especially at any of the schools they have a relationship with.
Good luck.
Edited to add: It looks like Rutgers is still accepting apps for all campuses.
As a general rule of thumb, not specifically addressing New Jersey…there are colleges that will not hit their expected yield and will be willing to take students even after May 1. A list will be published after May 1 with the names of colleges welcoming additional applicants. Reaching out to colleges even now and letting them know about the student in question’s interest should such opportunities develop is a solid idea.
There have been several relevant articles on this subject in The Chronicle of Higher Education this academic year. I’m going to excerpt two of them that should give the student in question hope of finding a relatively more local college.
“At the Precipice: 6 in 10 Colleges Say They Missed Fall Enrollment Goals” by Scott Carlson–February 24, 2020.
https://www.chronicle.com/article/At-the-Precipice-6-in-10/248110?utm_source=at&utm_medium=en&utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=campaign_1046751&cid=at&source=ams&sourceId=56584
“The Great Enrollment Crash” by Bill Conley–September 6, 2019
https://www.chronicle.com/interactives/20190906-Conley
Particularly relevant paragraph:
“After the May 1 deadline for candidates to accept or reject admissions offers, the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) provides colleges the option to post a “still open for business” status alerting potential applicants that there’s still time to submit an application. For classes entering between 2014 and 2016, the average number of colleges that would consider postdeadline applications over that three-year span was 436. For the past three years? The average was 554 — a 27-percent increase.”
Call admissions and explain your situation. You never know. At the end of the day college is a business and they might be quite happy to take your money.
The NACAC is a usual source for finding colleges that have late application deadlines. There are actually many four-year colleges throughout the US whose regular admission deadlines are beyond March and even some as late as August. In New Jersey, there are at least six:
New Jersey City University, Jersey City
The Richard Stockton College, Galloway
Kean University, Union
William Peterson University, Wayne
Bloomfield College, Bloomfield
College of St. Elizabeth, Morristown
Rutgers, like many other colleges, actually accepts applications after the regular admission application deadline but those who timely applied get preference, and admission depends on there still being space available when a decision is made on you.
There are some colleges out there that will take applications after the deadline. The NACAC list is the best option, though, because you’ll have a big list that for sure they are accepting applications. For other colleges you have to comb through their web page or call admissions.
Usually late applicants don’t see much in the way of financial aid, but acceptance is possible.
Since posters are not allowed to ask questions for others I am closing thread.