<p>If anyone still needs a college to attend this fall, the "Space Available" list is out.
Space</a> Availability Survey Results 2012</p>
<p>Gonzaga
Holy Cross
Arizona State
Guildford
Eckerd
Centre
Hofstra
Holy Family
Kalamazoo
Knox
Marshall
Morehouse
New College
NC A & T
Randolph-Macon
Ripon
Seton Hall
St. Johns
Stetson
Sweet Briar
U of Az
UNC Wilmington BEACH!
Villanova
Utica
University of San Diego ANOTHER BEACH!
University of Utah</p>
<p>Plenty of others!</p>
<p>Kat</p>
<p>Didn’t even know there was a University of San Diego without the C.</p>
<p>University of San Diego is a private Catholic school Like Gonzaga, Santa Clara, Seattle University, etc.</p>
<p>An amazing number of my DS schools are on that list. I am blaming him for turning all these schools down 
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<p>Some more:</p>
<p>Louisiana State University
Michigan Technological University
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Oregon State University
Truman State University
University of Alabama - Huntsville
University of Maryland - Baltimore County
University of Texas - Dallas</p>
<p>Lawrence is another amazing school on the list.</p>
<p>Don’t know whether this has been posted yet:</p>
<p>[Space</a> Availability Survey Results 2012](<a href=“http://www.nacacnet.org/research/research-data/SpaceSurvey/Pages/SpaceSurveyResults.aspx]Space”>http://www.nacacnet.org/research/research-data/SpaceSurvey/Pages/SpaceSurveyResults.aspx)</p>
<p>The number of colleges still accepting applications after May 1 is way up this year - 375, compared to 279 last year.</p>
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<p><a href=“http://www.nacacnet.org/media-center/PressRoom/2012-Press-Releases/Documents/SAS2012FactSheet.pdf[/url]”>http://www.nacacnet.org/media-center/PressRoom/2012-Press-Releases/Documents/SAS2012FactSheet.pdf</a></p>
<p>Before jumping to any conclusions, however:</p>
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<p>There are some decent schools on the list–some flagship state unis, and some good LACs. And even Smith College is open for business, accepting transfers.</p>
<p>Some of the names on that list are surprising. Smith and Villanova caught my attention. I suppose this trend will become more pronounced as costs go up.</p>
<p>Note that some of the schools listed in <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/1294383-less-expensive-list-price-less-obvious-schools-attract-good-students.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/1294383-less-expensive-list-price-less-obvious-schools-attract-good-students.html</a> are also here:</p>
<p>CUNY Hunter College
Flagler College
Louisiana State University
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Truman State University
University of Alabama - Huntsville
University of Maryland - Baltimore County
University of North Carolina - Wilmington
University of Oklahoma</p>
<p>Queens University Canada is a very very good school. For the academically inclined who is still looking, this university is worth a look.</p>
<p>How accurate are those lists, really, and will they take a student somewhat below their academic level just to fill a seat?</p>
<p>The lists always seem to be accurate as the schools report to the organization. As for admission for marginal applicants, I think that would vary by institution. There are a few CTCL schools on the list, and they have holistic admissions, so it is worth a telephone call at the very least.</p>
<p>I’d say full pay students would have a pretty decent shot at this point.</p>
<p>As of this morning, nearly all of the schools are indicating that financial aid is still available.</p>
<p>How do schools end up in this position? Do they simply have too few applicants that meet their minimum qualifications? If so, are their minimum qualifications too high? Or are they too bullish in projecting yield? Did they not wait list enough students? Can any conclusions be drawn from the fact that a school is on this list? Should the fact that a school is on this list lead a student to look more critically at a school on this list in considering whether to apply regular decision?</p>
<p>Why a school winds up on the list surely varies by school. Personally, I would not eliminate from consideration a school just because it is on the list; while some of the places are pretty obscure, as others have pointed out there are a number of very well-regarded colleges here.</p>
<p>Dang–some pretty solid schools on this list…</p>
<p>I think if the college cost situation keeps trending the same way, you’re going to see a higher number of schools in this situation after May 1 next year, more than that in 2014, etc. Certainly, there are school-specific idiosyncracies every year that cause this non-full situation, but I think a common thread on a general basis HAS to be financially-based.</p>
<p>I also think the proliferation & viability of good community colleges as a 2-year ‘launching point’ for 18-year olds that will eventually transfer–with credits–to a university as a junior plays a part in this statistic as well. Parents aren’t quite as willing to throw their kid into a 4-year U. with no direction without examining other options like community college first. Even some of the snooties on CC have come around to this way of thinking in the last couple years.</p>
<p>And as a matter of course, the next move for some of the schools on this list will be to lower tuition, give more ‘true’ financial aid (not just loans), and target their advertising better. Unfortunately, this will not help their net bottom lines, and–again–if the trend continues, some of them will eventually close shop.</p>
<p>So…it’s starting–the financial backlash.</p>
<p>I am surprised schools like Smith and Villanova would be in this position. What about their WL?</p>