@SCLADY12 , everything looks competitive right now. And I’m still very unsure of participating in the bridge program. You will get to bridge over the next year but that doesn’t seem like a great way to spend your freshman year and it’s very expensive for a technical school.
@nduclaunc , no automatic admits and actually those stats I told you probably need to be raised because you are out of state. Those stats were for SC applicants.
Gotcha. You’ve been so helpful, @kaylamissy thanks again. I’ll update this thread when I receive an admissions notification in the mail, just so it is helpful to fellow out of state applicants.
Good luck @nduclaunc
@kaylamissy Thanks! I agree about cost and freshman experience. Even though tuition would be less, the bridge fees and housing are a bit high. My nephew only wants to go to Clemson, so it is a good plan B if Clemson is the only college you would consider.
@SCLADY12 , My daughter wants to go too, it’s her first choice. Unfortunately she was bridged so we are having a hard time deciding…
@carolinamom2boys That’s a straw man argument. My son and others he knows were admitted to USC with merit scholarship money but Bridged at Clemson. Therefore I believe USC is less likely to forego qualified instaters in favor of OOS.
Someone please correct me if I am wrong but…I am hearing and reading that this is the trend this year all over. Those with terrific stats are getting deferrals or denied when last year they would have gotten in (even with scholarship money). Those we thought would be a no brainer for a school gets deferred. Any thoughts on if it is school specific or based on your college lists are you seeing at others as well? We actually we were told it is more difficult to get in OOS in the Carolinas. I guess it is where the information comes from.
@WhoaBigFella How do you know that USC had the same strength of applicant pool that Clemson did this year? Where are your statistics regarding OOS acceptances ? One can only speculate until the numbers come out. You are certainly entitled to you opinion. It doesn’t mean it’s factual . Applications are more rankings driven, both instate and OOS. All of the previous schools you listed that offered merit are lower ranked than Clemson. A higher ranked school tends to draw stronger applicants. Typically , in order to get merit, an applicant should fall in the top 25% of the applicants. When you have a strong applicant pool, that threshold is harder to achieve. Your argument discounts all of the high stats instate students that may be more drawn to a higher ranked school.
I have a sophomore d (OOS) at Clemson and am following these threads as my son is a junior who is getting ready for the whole college application process soon ( so thrilled he’s my last one doing this !!) I am amazed at how competitive everything everywhere has gotten .D fortunately got in to many schools 2 yrs ago but that was with a perfect 4.0 unweighted ( 5 something weighted) and a rank of top 1-2% with high test scores) and tons of extracurriculars. I find myself totally stressing out my son this entire junior year telling him if he doesn’t get all A s in the 6 AP classes he is taking junior year along with high test scores he probably won’t get in to most of his top choices . His public high school has become crazy and and he tells me the class this year is wayyyy more competitive than my ds class from just 2 years ago with several students who have 6.0 s .Students here take ACT s /SATs multiple times and many have 12+ APS( our school luckily offers a ton). We don’t have a ton of choices in NJ so many go OOS because from the choices we do have there’s really no incentive to stay here as the tuition is usually close to OOS tuition anyway .Its just ashame because I feel like all of these kids are so stressed out junior and senior year . In our school everyone is so worried about taking all APs the last 2 yrs knowing that the rank will drop if they take just one regular college prep course. It’s getting ridiculous .
@NJMOM3 My son is a senior at a very competitive HS near Philly. I am finding that the top state schools are starting to deny high scorers because they know it is a back up to the ivies. My son got into OSU,PSU, WSU, CSU and we are waiting on Clemson. Many students with much higher stats are getting denied or at a branch campus to the same schools as my son. He is a solid B+ student with good SAT’s and a combo of AP and honors classes. There are so few acceptances to give that they are giving them to student that they think will accept. JMO.
^^ that makes sense . My son won’t be looking at any ivies…just wants to get into some competitive OOS colleges that we can hopefully afford .
@sunset88 I can only speak from the many parents that I know in my area and my daughters friend’s (area in upstate SC) – for USC, their older children were admitted over the last 2 years with lower stats. Also, for this year, only students in top 5-10% were admitted early decision and the remainder were deferred to regular decision (what they call “secondary review”). School counselor even indicated that it was different this year. Not sure what the case is this year unless it is a stronger applicant pool.
For Clemson, most of the honors received acceptances starting in December.
Regarding OOS applicants getting into SC colleges – It is probably more difficult getting in that if you were in state; however, I believe SC colleges accept more OOS applicants than others such as North Carolina colleges, which have a cap of around 17%. For Clemson, I believe the stats are around 35% (give or take a %).
I find the insights offered by @carolinamom2boys to be quite helpful. The replies I’ve seen tend to be data driven and accurate.
It can be difficult when your child does not get into a particular program. My son is presently a sophomore at Clemson who was admitted with high stats. My DD is a high school senior and I am waiting, like many others, to see if she is admitted. With her stats it could go either way. Luckily, her first choice is a smaller SC school where she has already been accepted. As a Clemson alum, I am really more invested in her Clemson acceptance than she is.
Clemson is a great school and I will not become a Clemson basher even if my daughter is not accepted. Them’s the breaks.
@honeysucklerose is your daughter out of state or instate? Guessing out of state since she also hasn’t received her decision yet?
@nduclaunc We are instate and hoping the suspense ends today.
@honeysucklerose hmmm.People telling me I will hear back today OOS (Texas) but if some in staters haven’t heard yet I’m skeptical. Maybe a Tues/Wed delivery for me.
Best of luck
@SCLADY12 Thank you. Yes, I have heard the NC is very difficult of OOS. We are also hearing that this year seems to be more “competitive” than in the past. I do feel for the students as the college process is starting younger and younger. This is why we are trying to tell ours to give yourself choices and be diverse in your list.
I appreciate @carolinamom2boys’ information. The more information the better. From our perspective, at least we can be realistic about the chances of getting into Clemson. It is like anything…take the information you want and leave the rest behind.
Good luck to all!
Did anyone that has heard back put down Sports Communication as their major? Trying to gage the stats for that. @carolinamom2boys do you have any information on that major.
Good luck everyone still waiting to hear. I hope everyone hears today so the waiting will end! My daughter was bridged and I’m anxious to see what everyone is going to do whose kids were bridged.