I keep reading that around May, this site (nacac.com) will post open spots in colleges and universities across the country. How does this work? You see an open spot and just apply late? I don’t understand how it works if schools have waiting lists full of kids lined up to take a spot there? I am hoping to get off the waitlist at Kenyon. I was rejected from most of my other favorite choices. I will be enrolling at Rutgers University-Main Campus if I don’t get off the WL. Not that Rutgers isn’t a good school, but I really wanted to attend an LAC and I am regretful that I didnt apply to a safety LAC like Dickinson, Earlham, etc. I am hoping that in May maybe some more “selective” LACs will post for spots. Is a decent school posted on the NACAC site this common? I am sure there will be lists of “so-so” schools but I am just wondering if any good ones end up on the list. How often do they take people? Do you have to be super-competitive to be considered this late? Do they still give the same Fin. Aid as they would RD? I have a lot of questions about the whole thing because I never heard of anyone actually getting in through this process. Anyone here able to talk from experience? Thanks
<p>NACAC (National Association of College Admissions Counselors) will post a list in May (usually around the 10th) of colleges which are still taking applications for undergraduate and graduate admissions. In addition, it will indicate whether financial aid and housing is still available. It is then up to you to contact the college. The list is updated regularly, so if a college is full they will be removed from the list. Probably the most selective school posted by NACAC last year for undergraduate admissions was Sewanee. </p>
<p>It's not that this is a different process, it's just that for whatever reason these colleges still have openings and will consider applications beyond the posted regular decision deadline.</p>
<p>any good LACs last year that you can think of that were on there last year?</p>
<p>Sewanee is ranked 33rd on the USNWR LAC rankings, don't expect anything better than that. Sewanee is a pretty good school though, 3rd best LAC in the south following Davidson and Washington and Lee.</p>
<p>This year, the Space Availability List will be published on May 9th.</p>
<p>In past years both Beloit and Lawrence took late apps, though with more kids applying to more schools this year hard to say how that will play out this year. Beloit has strong social science and language programs; Lawrence is particularly good for music and natural sciences.</p>
<p>You've got a solid strategy: enroll at Rutgers, try and get off the waitlist at Kenyon and check the NACAC list when it comes out. You should be in good shape whatever happens.</p>