Reaches...Matches...Safeties - No, i'm not an Ivy Leaguer!

College Search & Selection
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<p>So i'm looking around at common data sets, and realized these numbers:</p>

<p>OOS Students attending the school</p>

<p>Illinois - 9%
Florida - 8.2%
Texas - 4.6%
Rutgers - 5%</p>

<p>Do I have little chance at these schools? Or is it just that not many OOS students apply, and there are a bunch of in-state students applying, keeping the percentages much higher?</p>

<p>Maryland has a good OOS rate, 31%. Same with Miami OH (33%), Minnesota (33%), Clemson (38%) and as someone mentioned earlier Connecticut (29%). I think a good safety would be Indiana (34%), as i'm in the top 75% of applicants, and they have a lot of OOS students. These schools likely will make up my final list, unless these statistics are mis-leading.</p>

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<p>UConn only admits 50%, however, and a large number of the out-of-state students they have are admitted through NEBHE. I wouldn't consider them too safe.</p>

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<p>What is NEBHE? I'm considering UCONN a "match" for now.</p>

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<p>New England Board of Higher Education. Students from the five other New England states can go to UConn for in-state tuition plus 50% if one of their public schools doesn't offer their intended major. UConn gets a lot of students coming from other states for classics, coastal/marine studies, agricultural programs, engineering, physics, pharmacy, theatre, and other programs. 29% might seem high, but it's not so much when you realize a lot of those students are coming in through the NEBHE arrangement. I still think it's a good match for you, though.</p>

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<p>Oh, and this is tiny, but don't write "UCONN" on your application. :p It's a pet peeve for most of us Nutmeggers. Like UMass, it's not an acronym. If you write "UCONN," someone's likely to thwap you for not knowing enough about the school to write the name properly. (Seriously, it's a common mistake. Just try to avoid it.)</p>

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<p>i think you can get into mich</p>

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<p>beginning - LOL! My "UCONN" lingo comes directly from sports. All the Sports broadcasters have said it one time or another, actually, it's funny because I hear it on ESPN, and their headquarters is in Bristol, CT! Everytime you see a sports game, there is UCONN in the upper corner, and I think UCONN is actually on the basketball jerseys! Funny stuff!</p>

<p>Dang, so the OOS really is much lower... oh well, i'm likely going to keep it into consideration. It would be wonderful to take Sport Management there because no doubt they have connections with ESPN through their program. </p>

<p>uvajoe - I hope so, but i'm exploring other places because 1) UMich requires dorm rooms, I visited them, they are ridiculously small there! Also no A/C in the dorm rooms. 2) My GPA doesn't exactly fit into Michigan standards, i'd be in the bottom 25% when I apply, and that's their most important factor. Anyways, it's my #1 choice.</p>

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<p>It's capitalized on some (not all) jerseys because they're just making the name stand out, not to indicate an acronym. It's kinda like Texas putting their name in caps on jerseys. :)</p>

<p>ESPN does it with UMass, too. Drives me up the wall. "SportsCenter" usually good about not doing it, especially since most of their anchors have been drawn from Connecticut, but sometimes they do things that just boggle the mind. :p</p>

<p>They definitely have a ton of internship opportunities in Bristol. Pretty much every kid around here had their first job pulling shade tobacco or archiving tape at ESPN. Plus, you get sports events like the Pilot Pen, the GHO (whatever it's being called these days), all of the local college teams, minor league baseball (very big here), AHL hockey, professional tennis, and lots of other stuff. It's a good place for sports, even if we don't have any major teams anymore. (The Whale will rise again! Whalevolution, baby!)</p>

<p>I would contact the director of the program and ask for some info. I think you'd be impressed. You definitely should apply.</p>

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<p>Okay, so I think that i've narrowed down my schools, and want to eliminate some, get it down to about 8-10.</p>

<p>I'm taking out the one's with very low OOS student percentages, as it's likely that they don't accept a large number of OOS applicants, and it would be a waste of time.</p>

<p>I'm also taking out the one's without Sport Management. It doesn't seem right pursuing a college that doesn't offer what I want.</p>

<p>Also, I have a question about a few schools. Maryland and Syracuse both show that they accept scores on the ACT, but when I go to their common data set, they don't show percentages for Students submitting their ACT scores, and the SAT percentage is 99%. I'm confused. They state that they allow it, yet not one individual has applied with it, or maybe they don't allow it, I don't know! Maybe I should post this on another thread, asking this question.</p>

<p>Here's my new list... it gets smaller each time. Thanks to the people who have made school suggestions, i've taken that into consideration. A few I have eliminated because of either A) Low OOS percentages, B) Low prestige C) Poor Sports program</p>

<p>REACH
Michigan
North Carolina
Miami FL</p>

<p>MATCH
Georgia
Miami OH
Minnesota
Clemson
Connecticut</p>

<p>SAFETY
Indiana
Kansas</p>

<p>I really like this list! I'll likely eliminate 3-5 more schools. </p>

<p>Got another question. I remember reading somewhere that I should apply to Private schools because of the aid they offer. Is that true? Will Miami FL offer me enough aid to drive down the costs significantly? As of right now, they are a good 40,000 more than other OOS public schools. :-(</p>

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<p>No comments?!</p>

<p>BOO! <em>HISS</em> <em>Fist Pump</em></p>

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<p>If you are eligible for financial aid, then a private school might end up being a better bet than an OOS public school financially. It's hard to weigh it right now, but if I were you I would def. look at some more private schools than you currently have on your list.</p>

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<p>The thing about Private schools is
1) many of them don't offer my major,
2) many of them that do offer my major don't have strong athletic programs, and
3) many of them don't have large populations/active student body</p>

<p>Miami (FL) offers all of those, and is on my list as a result. I haven't found others, though. I'm open to suggestions. I've shot down Denver and Tulsa though. I'm still considering Syracuse.</p>