<p>Miami University (Ohio)</p>
<p>Holy Cross had a 41% increase in applications, UChicago-great school, and Davidson-best LAC in South.</p>
<p>There's one glaring school: NORTHEASTERN...and NYU because I'm applyg ED there next year. :D</p>
<p>Whitman and Rhodes?</p>
<p>definitely TCNJ (the college of new jersey) and SUNY Stony Brook</p>
<p>Yougotjohn, lol...you're kidding, right? I think Northeastern deserves some recognition, but I'm no Maximus. I know it ain't no top-50 school!</p>
<p>University of Miami/Boston College</p>
<p>wake forest, boston college</p>
<p>boston college!!! and olin, for sure</p>
<p>Ramapo College in New Jersey is one of the most "up and coming" schools in the country...Anyone who wants an amazing education for a good price should attend...My fat friend Louie is heavily considering it</p>
<p>Holy Cross
Grinnell
Reed
Knox
Lawrence
Beloit
Denison
Pitzer
Rhodes
Centre
URichmond</p>
<p>If the number of applications Boston College gets keeps rising at the current year-to-year rate (over 26,000 last year), it will soon be significantly tougher to get into than many colleges ranked ahead of it by US News. That doesn't mean it'll be a better college than any of them, but it does indicate they are doing a lot of non-academic things correctly at BC that are raising its popularity.</p>
<p>It will be interesting to see what BC does with that big chunk of prime Boston real estate they recently acquired that is adjacent to the main campus.</p>
<p>Georgia, and Florida are definately on their way.</p>
<p>There are a lot of schools that are attracting more and better applicant pools, but not many are able to make real leaps: from selective to truly elite or from regional school to nationally recognized institution. Things like per-student endowment, faculty, programs, and facilities change slowly.</p>
<p>Emory, WUSTL, NYU, and a few selective LACs may have been the real transformations over the last 15 years. If I were betting on what things look like in another 10-15 years, I'd bet on some of the publics that have been mentioned (or similar schools) and LACs outside the Northeast.</p>
<p>It probably won't ever be that great, but SUNY Stony Brook has been rising in rankings and it's got some good research or whatever.</p>
<p>I would agree with TCNJ, SUNY Geneseo, Northeastern, UGeorgia, UMiami and maybe add Villanova. While I personally would call Dartmouth the best college experience in the country, it appears that city schools are, on average, way more in favor presently and wouldn't be surprised if Dartmouth continued to fall below Columbia, Brown, Penn. Dartmouth's yield is already significantly below these three and the spread in SAT avgs (except Brown) continues to shrink. However, these things do go in cycles, but that is where current momentum seems to be going.</p>
<p>Santa Clara University</p>
<p>^ Ya, I second Santa Clara</p>
<p>I think UC Davis will move up in the rakings too</p>
<p>It seems that almost everyone has just posted their favorites with little or no thought or analysis. Since the number of college applicants has been growing and applicants are applying to more colleges, almost every college with any sort of name recognition is receiving more applications and is becoming more selective. Some colleges seem to be doing even better than average and others are posed to benefit in the immediate future. I can think of numerous examples where the reasons appear apparent:</p>
<p>Our society is becoming more urban and it is not surprising that some of the urban colleges are benefitting and this trend is likely to continue. Winners include BC, BU and NYU.</p>
<p>Some colleges are adding programs which are likely to draw attention and increased numbers of applicants. An example is Bard College. Bard has recently added a music conservatory which is likely to become recognized as one of the nation's best. Bard is working to develop strong science programs and will be building a new facility. Johns Hopkins has been known as a cutthroat pre-med university with bad food. JHU has some strong non-science programs and is now adding schools of business and education. For what it is worth, they also have been improving the food service. As a final contribution, I will mention the Ivies. Almost all of them have been very successful in amassing huge endowments. They can afford the best facilities, programs and faculty and will continue to become even more desired.</p>
<p>How about some more examples with at least some attempts at explanations for the choices?</p>
<p>edad- improving the food service at John Hopkins may be worth more than you know. When we visited the campus a few years back with d # 1 and had time to kill before the tour, we went to the student dining area. The first impression from each member of my family was how much it smelled like a hospital cafeteria. Though that first impression wasn't the overriding reason, my d did not even apply. Spoke to other families who did the JHU tour and they came away with similar negative vibes. So ya never know- an improvement in the food service may lead to great popularity.<br>
I think the branching out to educ and business is a good thing too!!</p>
<p>And I am going to agree with Clendenator- I think SUNY Stony Brook is going to move up in popularity with NY kids. With the purchase of Southhampton College to develop a Marine Bio Program, Graduate School of Journalism- Lots of building going on, I think this school is going to get way more popular. I am seeing more Long Island kids going there. For you OOS kids, I suggest you give it a look too. It's on Long Island but the commuter rail line- (LIRR) can get you into NYC in about 90 minutes for a week-end jaunt. Very reasonable OOS tuition. And generally speaking a very decent school to consider.</p>