<p>From today's Greenville news:</p>
<p>Furman</a> on track for record freshman applications | GreenvilleOnline.com | The Greenville News</p>
<p>Their current acceptance rate is 57%. How would it be affected by the Furman University has received 4,540 applications for about 700 seats in the freshman class??</p>
<p>is it 710 seats left in the class or is it 710 - the ones already accepted EA? The acceptance rate would drop dramatically then.</p>
<p>236 ed , leaves 474 seats for the remaining 4300 remaining applicants.assuming 35 % of rd admits will enroll and that means they will offer about 1350 rd admissions.
That would mean a 35% accept rate. accept rate will be higher if they use a lower yield rate , but 57% accept will not happen this year.</p>
<p>I think their acceptance rate will come around 35-45%. :(</p>
<p>talha-anan- just curious - what made you look at furman from pakistan? cool:)</p>
<p>That is a GOOD question. The true story: "Well, I was randomly searching colleges... I went on the LAC ranking on US NEWS. I was checking all these colleges and their criteria. Furman seemed to be really nice! Their award amount to internationals was quite good. They also had the SAT optional policy. The reviews seemed really cool as well, and they didn't ask for any supplement essays! :D"</p>
<p>After applying, I found out there were 3-4 other people from my high school who had applied their as well. All of them are submitting their SATs. So, I'm kinda doubtful now. =/</p>
<p>Good luck to all on the thread who have applied and are waiting for letters in mid-March. Our S and D are now in their second semester at Furman, having graduated from a very competitive private prep. school with high GPA's, >6 AP classes and SAT's in the 1300 range. While they knew Furman had an excellent academic reputation, they have been buried with work throughout both semesters so far-the academic rigor at Furman is significant- but the faculty are by and large a true treasure. Students and parents will hear during orientation that there are few A''s at Furman ( I thought our kids would faint) and toiled mightily for B's their first semester. Imagine everyone's surprise to learn that all not all B's are created equally-our son received a B- and thereby lost the 3.0 GPA for the first semester (needed for the academic year for scholarship $). </p>
<p>This is all a long way of saying that as the acceptance rate goes down and the academic reputation of the school grows, more applicants will learn what students and graduates already know-that Furman provides an incredible liberal arts education for students who take advantage of it's rich curriculum and incredible faculty. Plus the campus is incredible.</p>
<p>Georgiatwins,
If A's are few and all B's are not equal, is it common for students to lose their merit scholarships? It sounds like your kids were well-prepared in high school and are working hard. So what else does it take to stay above the merit money threshold?</p>
<p>My daughter is also a freshman. Yes, it's hard, but not as hard as she thought it would be. Like georgiatwins, she takes advantage of teachers' help. All of her teachers have been more than willing to help, although they think she's crazy if she's not satisfied with a B. She went to a high school that made them work VERY hard - Furman is less work than her high school for fairly equivalent grades. My daughter has stated that those kids who are smart and did very well in high school but didn't learn to REALLY study are the ones suffering. Also, she took advantage of Thanksgiving Break. Those that didn't had a much rougher time through finals. Yes, regular As are few and far between, but A- and B+ do exist, although some courses and teachers, of course, are much tougher than others. Oh, she's having a great time, also, with LOTS of activities that she really enjoys, even though she didn't rush. She definitely chose the right school.</p>
<p>GRITS80,
I am not sure how common it is to lose merit scholarships after freshman year-sounds as though SouCar Mom's D has had different experience so far. Our kids have heard a variety of things from other freshmen, sophomores, and juniors in classes they have been in so far. fFor example-chose courses wisely in first year with regards to professors-they are excellent, but some will be honest from the start " I do not give A's". D and S each had one first semester. D's advisor cautions against taking any psychology class as a freshman due to program's reputation for difficulty-D changed from Psych to Econ.at advisor's urging. </p>
<p>Both S and D had extremely rigorous curriculum in HS-all AP's and Honors-6 years of Foreign Language-an average night of studying at our home averaged 4 hours due to course load. The hours of work are not increased, but as one would expect-the level of expertise required to achieve an A or a B ( at least by most professors they have encountered so far)is greater than similar courses in high school.</p>
<p>Two other examples I can offer unrelated to our kids: a CC parent I have come to know has a D who transferred after first year at Furman to Vanderbilt-stats for D were incredible ( had been admitted to Vandy but chose Furman as Freshman). Had never made B's in high school-made first B's at Furman. Now at Vandy and finds course load there equal to Furman and grades higher. Since the grading scale goes from + to- I think many students do not realize what an A- or B-'s impact can have on overall GPA.Our kids have seen friends drop a class by mid-term if they knew a class would impact GPA ( and risk scholarship$)- something I am sure students do throughout country.</p>
<p>One final student story shared by son of student in dorm- NMSF- dropped both foreign language ( already taken at AP level in HS) and science in first semester because of D's at mid-term. </p>
<p>Ironically, both of our kids actually view Furman's rigor as a sign of school's increasing prestige, both regionally and nationally. So, experiences of SouCar Mom and myself have been somewhat different, but the commonality is the incredible faculty, gorgeous campus and students who appreciate the opportunities Furman provides.</p>