<p>hawkette, Berkeley does not weigh SATs as most private schools do. I think that explains the relatively low average SATs of the school.</p>
<p>I would assume that the UC’s wouldn’t be as preferable.</p>
<p>The President of UMBC just quit under questionable circumstances. At least half of the schools listed have run into financial trouble and the big dreams crashed into a reality wall. So much for predictions.</p>
<p>Schools with the greatest increase in applications 2001-02 to 2009-10</p>
<p>increase, name of school</p>
<p>29058 Tulane University of Louisiana
23454 Baylor University
18474 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
17833 Cornell University
15510 University of California-Berkeley
15355 University of California-Davis
14684 University of California-Los Angeles
13894 Fordham University
13244 University of California-Irvine
13054 University of California-Santa Barbara
12783 Indiana University-Bloomington
11478 University of California-Santa Cruz
11377 Stanford University
10839 Marquette University
10728 SUNY at Binghamton
10448 Boston University
10408 The University of Texas at Austin
10288 Northwestern University
10230 Boston College
10227 Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
10093 Harvard University
9930 Yale University
9623 Vanderbilt University
9402 University of Southern California
9212 University of California-Riverside
9198 University of California-San Diego
9166 University of Connecticut
8684 University of Maryland-College Park
8382 Brown University
8309 Princeton University
8002 Emory University
7661 Johns Hopkins University
7252 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
7173 University of Florida
7121 University of Miami
7120 University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus
6925 New York University
6809 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
6682 Columbia University
6535 University of Delaware
6437 Syracuse University
6370 University of Virginia-Main Campus
6350 Dartmouth College
6288 Texas A & M University
6254 University of Georgia
6110 University of Chicago
5824 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
5739 University of Wisconsin-Madison
5636 University of Missouri-Columbia</p>
<p>Schools with the greatest percent increase in apps</p>
<p>300.7% Wells College
293.7% Baylor University
292.1% Ursinus College
267.5% Tulane University of Louisiana
251.2% Willamette University
205.0% Mills College
179.8% Agnes Scott College
157.8% Hanover College
155.3% Marquette University
147.0% Randolph-Macon College
142.2% Birmingham Southern College
130.3% Fordham University
122.9% Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
119.7% University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
114.5% Drew University
112.2% Rhodes College
111.7% Washington and Lee University
107.8% Cornell University
107.5% St Mary’s College of Maryland
101.6% The College of Wooster
100.2% Wake Forest University
99.5% Kenyon College
98.9% Vanderbilt University
96.4% University of Denver
95.4% Worcester Polytechnic Institute
93.2% Saint Louis University-Main Campus
90.0% Goucher College
89.0% Ohio Wesleyan University
85.5% Bard College
84.7% Emory University
83.9% Johns Hopkins University
82.6% Reed College
82.0% University of Chicago
78.8% Pitzer College
77.8% Hobart William Smith Colleges
77.1% Yale University
76.9% New College of Florida
74.9% Wofford College
74.3% Austin College
71.8% St Lawrence University
71.8% Scripps College
71.5% Case Western Reserve University
71.4% University of Connecticut
71.1% Spelman College
70.2% University of California-Santa Cruz
69.9% Northwestern University
67.7% Bennington College
67.3% SUNY at Binghamton
66.2% Grinnell College
65.8% Rice University</p>
<p>Might there be a correlation between the list of schools with free applications and the list of schools whose applications have increased the most??</p>
<p>Many schools receive more apps but have lower yields today, two schools: A, with slightly higher % increase in apps, but significantly lower yield has not risen by as much as B, with slightly lower % increase in apps, but higher yield. So % change in acceptance rate is probably a slightly better way to judge rise/fall. So acceptance rate going from 30–>15% is a 50% reduction in acceptance rate and a change from 75% –> 50% is a 33% reduction in acceptance rate.</p>
<p>ch,
Can you publish the data together? For example, while a school like the University of Missouri-Columbia experienced a 5636 increase in number of applications, what was that in percentage terms??</p>
<p>2001-02 is the earliest data available through IPEDS</p>
<p>number change, percent change, school name</p>
<p>sorry this is so long</p>
<p>29058 267.5% Tulane University of Louisiana
23454 293.7% Baylor University
18474 119.7% University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
17833 107.8% Cornell University
15510 47.1% University of California-Berkeley
15355 60.8% University of California-Davis
14684 36.0% University of California-Los Angeles
13894 130.3% Fordham University
13244 45.4% University of California-Irvine
13054 38.4% University of California-Santa Barbara
12783 63.2% Indiana University-Bloomington
11478 70.2% University of California-Santa Cruz
11377 59.7% Stanford University
10839 155.3% Marquette University
10728 67.3% SUNY at Binghamton
10448 37.9% Boston University
10408 49.7% The University of Texas at Austin
10288 69.9% Northwestern University
10230 53.7% Boston College
10227 35.4% Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
10093 53.3% Harvard University
9930 77.1% Yale University
9623 98.9% Vanderbilt University
9402 35.7% University of Southern California
9212 43.9% University of California-Riverside
9198 24.1% University of California-San Diego
9166 71.4% University of Connecticut
8684 44.2% University of Maryland-College Park
8382 50.5% Brown University
8309 60.9% Princeton University
8002 84.7% Emory University
7661 83.9% Johns Hopkins University
7252 38.6% University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
7173 38.5% University of Florida
7121 48.4% University of Miami
7120 52.5% University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus
6925 22.7% New York University
6809 122.9% Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
6682 29.3% Columbia University in the City of New York
6535 35.9% University of Delaware
6437 44.4% Syracuse University
6370 43.2% University of Virginia-Main Campus
6350 62.3% Dartmouth College
6288 37.7% Texas A & M University
6254 57.1% University of Georgia
6110 82.0% University of Chicago
5824 24.1% University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
5739 34.0% University of Wisconsin-Madison
5636 52.1% University of Missouri-Columbia
5560 37.9% University of Washington-Seattle Campus
5453 25.1% Purdue University-Main Campus
5282 100.2% Wake Forest University
5173 49.3% Massachusetts Institute of Technology
5171 93.2% Saint Louis University-Main Campus
4972 53.0% University of Notre Dame
4798 25.6% Duke University
4580 44.2% American University
4563 292.1% Ursinus College
4433 65.8% Rice University
4272 34.2% Miami University-Oxford
4128 96.4% University of Denver
4105 251.2% Willamette University
3971 48.1% The University of Tennessee
3655 19.1% University of Pennsylvania
3500 40.7% College of William and Mary
3470 21.7% George Washington University
3369 22.0% Georgetown University
3335 71.5% Case Western Reserve University
3283 111.7% Washington and Lee University
3224 27.2% University of Iowa
3133 39.0% Lehigh University
3120 58.6% Southern Methodist University
3072 26.9% Clemson University
3068 95.4% Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2878 114.5% Drew University
2663 112.2% Rhodes College
2564 147.0% Randolph-Macon College
2540 85.5% Bard College
2506 71.1% Spelman College
2504 48.4% Amherst College
2437 65.7% Pomona College
2395 101.6% The College of Wooster
2378 65.4% Occidental College
2278 77.8% Hobart William Smith Colleges
2271 10.9% Washington University in St Louis
2264 40.3% University of Richmond
2214 11.8% Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
2071 59.1% Swarthmore College
1991 99.5% Kenyon College
1983 89.0% Ohio Wesleyan University
1970 71.8% St Lawrence University
1931 90.0% Goucher College
1899 40.0% College of the Holy Cross
1891 17.7% Iowa State University
1887 33.2% Vassar College
1848 157.8% Hanover College
1798 78.8% Pitzer College
1782 48.6% Gettysburg College
1757 29.0% Colgate University
1679 30.3% Oberlin College
1666 49.9% Denison University
1554 42.0% Franklin and Marshall College
1550 45.7% Colorado College
1550 5.7% Rutgers University-New Brunswick
1494 27.6% Middlebury College
1489 142.2% Birmingham Southern College
1430 82.6% Reed College
1419 57.6% St. Olaf College
1411 107.5% St Mary’s College of Maryland
1404 31.0% Bowdoin College
1386 54.8% Allegheny College
1378 47.6% Claremont McKenna College
1362 6.8% Ohio State University-Main Campus
1361 29.2% Williams College
1349 44.9% DePauw University
1342 9.8% Tufts University
1311 66.2% Grinnell College
1275 179.8% Agnes Scott College
1257 58.6% Whitman College
1254 300.7% Wells College
1236 17.6% Wesleyan University
1217 8.9% Auburn University Main Campus
1206 31.6% Dickinson College
1184 27.1% University of Puget Sound
1181 10.8% University of Rochester
1163 6.3% University of Colorado at Boulder
1155 33.9% Macalester College
1150 38.3% Wellesley College
1142 39.8% Smith College
1131 33.6% Davidson College
1071 16.1% Brandeis University
1048 31.1% California Institute of Technology
1046 74.9% Wofford College
1021 205.0% Mills College
1011 38.6% Augustana College
1004 4.1% Michigan State University
931 58.7% Lawrence University
929 59.5% Southwestern University
914 26.1% Furman University
895 58.4% Knox College
861 71.8% Scripps College
861 53.1% Sewanee: The University of the South
831 39.4% Hope College
829 32.2% Haverford College
819 53.7% Harvey Mudd College
782 8.3% Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
780 35.6% Stevens Institute of Technology
765 35.4% Gustavus Adolphus College
763 12.4% Pepperdine University
754 49.5% Bryn Mawr College
746 74.3% Austin College
738 13.1% Skidmore College
719 17.7% Carleton College
710 52.7% Centre College
651 49.0% Kalamazoo College
636 45.4% Juniata College
610 76.9% New College of Florida
610 15.6% Colby College
567 15.3% Clark University
526 18.8% Illinois Wesleyan University
518 13.3% Muhlenberg College
515 44.7% Earlham College
504 53.0% Presbyterian College
503 11.8% Bates College
499 46.5% Hendrix College
483 37.2% Albion College
455 40.2% Wabash College
438 8.4% Lafayette College
433 28.3% Beloit College
425 67.7% Bennington College
398 9.2% Connecticut College
396 41.6% Millsaps College
376 27.9% Virginia Military Institute
259 14.6% Yeshiva University
242 12.9% Wheaton College
229 20.5% Saint Johns University
180 6.2% Mount Holyoke College
173 12.1% College of Saint Benedict
152 27.1% Hollins University
131 29.7% Sweet Briar College
100 2.5% Barnard College
61 49.6% Thomas Aquinas College
60 1.3% Hamilton College
55 1.7% Wheaton College
-21 -11.2% Principia College
-81 -0.8% Brigham Young University
-471 -5.9% Bucknell University
-624 -22.4% Sarah Lawrence College
-930 -17.0% Trinity College
-2543 -15.2% Carnegie Mellon University</p>
<p>I prefer to look at the core assets of the college and how they changed than whether or not the marketing department did a good job generating apps.</p>
<p>more apps => more students/better students => better finances/core assets</p>
<p>Mehhh. Research schools rely heavily on research funding and other income (patents, new startups etc.) generated by research to make the machine work. Your are talking hundreds of millions per year as well as the retention of top profs, building of new science/engineering facilities and the like.<br>
A few more points on the SAT hardly matches that in importance except maybe to some folks around here who don’t understand what makes universities tick and important to other universities and to leaders in science/engineeriing related businesses. You all get so fucused on what teenagers think is best and sometimes miss the real game a large part of which is leadership in new ideas and knowledge.</p>
<p>I think its really hard to say which schools will be on the rise. Here are the major trends I’ve noticed.</p>
<p>1) People think getting into top colleges is much more difficult now than a few years ago.
2) Private schools are getting overpriced and squeezing out the middle class.
3) Standardized testing is being devalued (this also hurts the white/asian middle class who aren’t otherwise able to distinguish themselves at their public schools)
4) Budgets are tightening, and more kids are going to school, so expect quality at flagship state schools to drop while directional ones will likely improve.
5) Undergrad is the new high school, and the bubble will bust sometime to where grad becomes the nation’s new obsession.</p>
<p>The only school I feel will definitely continue to rise is Elon. The top schools being mentioned have been on the rise and are basically stuck. The only thing that will change is that the prestige gap between bottom Ivies and a school like Tufts will shrink. Same with U of Chicago range schools and Yale.</p>
<p>Ohio State reaffirms tuition freeze
7-14/2009</p>
<p>University keeps tuition at same level for third year!!</p>
<p>The Ohio State University today announced that it does not plan to raise tuition for resident undergraduate students for the 2009-2010 academic year despite recent state budget revisions.</p>
<p>“Now more than ever, we must assure that young people are able to pursue their dreams, earn a degree, and use their talents to catalyze long-term economic vitality for our state and our nation,” said Ohio State President E. Gordon Gee. Gee credits cost- cutting measures undertaken by the university, increased state support and enrollment growth as factors behind the decision to freeze tuition at $8,406 for the third straight year.</p>
<p>“I am deeply grateful for the strategic vision and leadership demonstrated by Governor Strickland and leaders of both parties in the Ohio House and Senate. For our part, all of us at the University are redoubling efforts to serve as the engine of prosperity and to extend educational access to talented young people, regardless of their families’ resources.” </p>
<p>Last December, Ohio State unveiled Students First, a series of steps designed to help enrolled students who face economic hardship tap into the financial assistance necessary to enable them to complete their degree programs. This included a renewed commitment of additional financial aid, emergency loans and tuition assurances. </p>
<p>Ohio State expects to welcome its biggest class of the decade this fall, when approximately 6,550 new freshmen will enroll on the Columbus campus. Admissions officials also believe that this will be the best-prepared class in the school’s history.</p>
<p>Tuition at Ohio State remains one of the lowest among selective admissions institutions in the state. Three-fourths of students enrolled in 2007-2008 received financial aid, with an average award of more than $2,300. </p>
<p>Ohio State has achieved $94 million in cost savings over the past year, including savings in health care and energy costs. </p>
<p>Source: [News</a> Room - The Ohio State University](<a href=“Ohio State News”>Ohio State News)</p>
<p>“5) Undergrad is the new high school, and the bubble will bust sometime to where grad becomes the nation’s new obsession.”</p>
<p>…huh?</p>
<p>OSU dials up research dollars</p>
<p>Source: [OSU</a> dials up research dollars | The Columbus Dispatch](<a href=“http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/02/28/osu-dials-up-research-dollars.html?sid=101]OSU”>http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/02/28/osu-dials-up-research-dollars.html?sid=101)</p>
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<p>As an Alumnus, I had told the school that if and when TOSU cracks the top-50 national on USNWR, I will donate $ (I suspect that should happen in the next year or two). Sorry for the spam! Go Bucks! :p</p>
<p>Contrary to what fallenchemist says, Tulane is NOT on the rise. They have had the opposite trend for several years. Tulane has a large number of applicants only because of the free application and aggressive marketing! Both of these suggest a school that is having difficulty generating interest from prospective students. Tulane has one of the lowest yields of all colleges. </p>
<p>I was going to put them down as a school on the decline. I am amazed that somebody really things otherwise (unless he works for their very busy marketing department).</p>
<p>Ah yes. Once again someone that has no idea what he is talking about. Unbelievably amusing. If Tulane is so on the decline, why has the average test score of the incoming student gone up significantly since Katrina? As far as the aggressive marketing, you only show your total ignorance of business strategy in saying that. Coca-Cola, for example, is hardly on the decline but they advertise and do other promotions heavily. Same with any business, and to some extent, universities are a business. In Tulane’s case, they decided back in the early part of the decade that they wanted to increase the quality of their student body to be more on par with Wash U, Vandy, and some others. In that time despite Katrina, the average score of and incoming freshman is now nearly 1400/2100, and average GPA/class rank has risen dramatically as well. Based on test scores alone, Tulane would rank #30, and most likely that will rise this year since they are going to have the strongest class academically in the school’s history. Yes, that is quite a decline. The low yield is totally expected by Tulane as an outgrowth of the aggressive strategy, as was the much more difficult ability to get accepted. Acceptance rates have gone down to only 24% this year. Yes, it is an artifact of the high number of applications, as is the yield. One goes hand in hand with the other, or else the class would be way too big for Tulane’s infrastructure. Tulane can only take a class of about 1500, and that is exactly what they are getting. If the yield were any higher, it would be a disaster because they cannot house any more than that. Add ot that the fact that now that the katrina “junk” has worked its way out of the numbers, 4 and 6 year graduation rates and retention rates are up considerably. You really have no idea what you are talking about, at all.</p>
<p>Add to that the fact that Tulane is nationally recognized, through its President, as a leader in community service. This year alone Scott Cowen has been awarded the Carnegie Foundation Prize for the school of $500,000, been named one of Time Magazine’s top 10 college presidents, and just this week was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a very very high honor.</p>
<p>Man, that declining is sure hard to take, but if that is declining I will take more of it! I have no idea why SJUHawk is a Tulane hater. Not accepted there, something. Hard to know why. But hey, show me some facts that indicate it is on the decline. I doubt you can find any.</p>
<p>Well, a fellow CC’er just alerted me to what a ■■■■■ SJUHawk is. Apparently there are a number of other schools on which he has expressed opinions that also reek of ignorance. We can safely ignore him.</p>
<p>I would definitely add Clemson to the list.</p>
<p>A few years ago, Clemson’s president Jim Barker put together a list of objectives to work toward by 2011 and is in the process of making a new set of goals to work towards in the next few years after 2011. Among the top of them is that Clemson will be a top 20 public university and we are close (#22). (2011 goals are listed here: [2011</a> Goals : Clemson University](<a href=“http://www.clemson.edu/administration/president/goals.html]2011”>http://www.clemson.edu/administration/president/goals.html), while not all of the goals have been met - especially the sports ones - we have made a lot of progress over the past years despite budget cuts).</p>
<p>Here’s a video about where Clemson has gone over the past 10 years: [url=<a href=“http://videoapp2.clemson.edu/ensemble/app/sites/c1TZJGYQCkCQNecVVpsK3Q.aspx?webSiteID=c1TZJGYQCkCQNecVVpsK3Q&videoID=6p9ap6WRYEOlmcCEIOuhfw]Test[/url”>http://videoapp2.clemson.edu/ensemble/app/sites/c1TZJGYQCkCQNecVVpsK3Q.aspx?webSiteID=c1TZJGYQCkCQNecVVpsK3Q&videoID=6p9ap6WRYEOlmcCEIOuhfw]Test[/url</a>]
(watch only the video part at the beginning unless you want to bore yourself with President Barker’s presentation)</p>