New Common App Members 2012-13

College Search & Selection
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<p>The Common Application has added 37 new members for 2012-13. See <a href="https://www.commonapp.org/CommonApp/News.aspx%5B/url%5D"&gt;https://www.commonapp.org/CommonApp/News.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>As always, the annual new-members list puts a few places on my radar screen that weren't there before, and I'm sure that the college folks hope that Common App membership will put them on more student radar screens as well.</p>

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<li><p>Common App continues to make slow inroads into the major public flagships – OSU and U of TN now included.</p></li>
<li><p>RISD would appear to be the most notable addition among highly selective privates.</p></li>
<li><p>I hadn’t thought of it before, but it is interesting to realize that the probably-exclusive Yale-NUS is a public school.</p></li>
<li><p>I am always curious to know about the few schools (three this next year, it appears) who drop from the Common App.</p></li>
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<p>Came to see what schools were added. </p>

<p>Instead became more interested in Yale-NUS College. What an interesting idea. This should be looked into by students. Not too expensive either, ~30k a year.</p>

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Singapore is becoming a hot place to be for higher education. UNC Chapel Hill offers a joint undergraduate degree program with NUS, in which students at one of the universities can spend up to two years at the other. Duke opened a medical school in conjunction with NUS. Chicago opened a branch of Booth in Singapore, and NYU Tisch started some MFA programs there. I bet there’s others I’m missing.</p>

<p>Soka continues to gain traction, it seems. I’m surprised to see two UK universities (Stirling and Keele) on the list. Attempting to appeal to the prep school crowd a la St Andrews, perhaps?</p>

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<p>YES!!! Thanks for sharing!!! GO BUCKS!!! :)</p>

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<p>Hate to mention it to a Buckeye, but Michigan was first. (Well the first public Big 10, at any rate.)</p>

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<p>As a future UT-Knoxville graduate student, I think it is a great idea to join the Common Application. From my research of UT-Knoxville, it seems like UT needs more out of state students and more applicants to become a top 25 public university (their current initiative).</p>

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<p>Let me know when Georgetown joins. 2034?</p>

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<p>Wow, thanks for the reminder!! Ohio State & Michigan are the only two public Big Ten in Common App now. Perfect timing for tOSU imho! With President Gee at the helm academically, Urban Meyer coaching football & Thad Matta for basketball, Ohio State’s acceptance rate will drop like a rock next year!! Go Bucks!! :D</p>

<p>Ohio State increases financial aid by $50 million</p>

<p>Source: <a href=“Ohio State News”>Ohio State News;

<p>Certainly one of the most popular colleges in the country:</p>

<p>(Gallup Poll) <a href=“Harvard Number One University in Eyes of Public”>http://www.gallup.com/poll/9109/harvard-number-one-university-eyes-public.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Geographic diversity (Columbus campus, autumn 2011)</p>

<p>Ohio State enrolls students from every state and territory. States with the highest enrollment:</p>

<h1>500+: Pennsylvania, Illinois, New York, California, Michigan</h1>

<h1>300 – 499: Texas, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia</h1>

<h1>100 – 299: Florida, Indiana, Georgia, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Utah, Minnesota, Missouri, Arizona, Tennessee, Connecticut</h1>

<h1>50 – 99: West Virginia, Washington, Colorado, South Carolina, Kansas</h1>

<p>Source: <a href=“Quick facts - The Ohio State University”>http://undergrad.osu.edu/admissions/quick-facts.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>USNWR Top Public Schools <a href=“Common%20App%20Members”>I</a>*</p>

<p>Top-5</p>

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<li>Virginia</li>
<li>Michigan (2010)</li>
<li>North Carolina</li>
<li>William & Mary</li>
<li>Ohio State (2012)</li>
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<p>Source: [Top</a> Public Schools | Rankings | Top National Universities | US News](<a href=“http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/top-public]Top”>http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/top-public)</p>

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<p>So these schools will get more applications and make some extra money from application fees as students don’t have to do more than check a box to send in another application, but won’t that crush their yield and lead to a much more unpredictable yield?</p>

<p>We are already seeing schools with wait lists in the thousands.</p>

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<p>Well, in terms of money, one thing for certain is that Ohio State will become one of the most if not the most affordable US News Top-50 Colleges for the OOS students<a href="%5BI%5Dcurrent%20COA%20at%20$35k,%20which%20includes%20tuition%20+%20fees%20at%20$25k%20per%20year%5B/I%5D">/U</a>. This statement certainly does not take into consideration of the recent $50 million financial-aid & merit scholarships increase. Simply put, Ohio State - Best Value noted by both Princeton Review and Kiplinger! Go Bucks!! :)</p>

<p>P.S. I wonder if UC System will ever adopt Common App?!</p>

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<p>It interests me that, looking at the full member list, only 3 of NC’s public universities (UNC Chapel Hill, Asheville, and Wilmington) use the Common App. You’d think that would be a decision that’s made system wide. </p>

<p>Indeed, every school in the SUNY and UMass systems seems to have joined. But looking at it again, there are other public schools where only one or a couple are in it. I would think that choosing to use the common app would be something a public university system as a whole would decide on.</p>

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<p>Eventually, it will just be CommonApp and UC App. :)</p>

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<p>Georgetown would be well advised to go to the Common App, their current app is unbelievably annoying, and UChicago’s rise with the Common app should be a model for them</p>

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<p>Yale-NUS - $30,000 in tuition is actually a bit cheaper since USD to S$ is 1 to 0.8. So It is about $30,000 x 0.8 = $24,000. Add room and board (it claims half a scholarship for everyone and so instead of s$3530 x 2, it is only 1 semester cost at $2800. Not a bad price at a total of about $27,000 plus travel and other expenses.</p>

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<p>Can someone explain to me what Yale-Nus is? I’ve read a few things of Google, but if someone has more knowledge on this joint college please let me know.</p>

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<p>I fully agree that Georgetown with its technologically backwards application system has got to join the 21st century. They can still have their particular essays and onerous three SAT II requirements, but would make it so much easier on the poor teachers and administrators if the bloody LORs, etc. could be done electronically. My son was embarrassed to have to ask his teachers and counselor to deal with snail mail on every aspect of GT’s process. I was furious.</p>

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<p>Yale-NUS is a program being started in singapore starting next year as a joint program between Yale and a college (I did not read enough about NUS) which is a public entity run by Singapore govt.</p>

<p>Essentially they are claiming that the students will get to spend time at Yale as part of the program and may have a program heavily influenced by Yale faculty and administration? I am not sure if the diploma will have a Yale stamp on it. If so, it is no different than NYU Abu Dhabi (?) or where ever else different US universities are opening campuses and lending their name to that campus location.</p>

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<p>@Avid Student
Pretty ballsy not including Apply Texas…
UT, A&M, Tech, Texas State, UNT - All big schools that many many many apply to each year that exclusively use apply texas…
I don’t see those schools going to the common app</p>

<p>@Sparkeye
I was about to laugh my butt off when I saw Ohio State, with no mention of UT, UCLA, and Berkeley, until I saw that it was only common app publics</p>