Surprised because I learned today UT Austin had so many applications(100K) that they can only issue 25% admissions and had to put off the rest 75% for one extra month. It made me feel college is still "crowded" to me.
"Good" universities (ie. public and private programs with either regional or national prestige) remain in demand. The issue is there are hundreds of no-name private and public programs that are becoming strapped of students.
It's hard to make a case to attend Western Illinois University or St Mary's College versus going to community college and transferring to your state flagship (eg. Grangier Guarantee [0] and TAG [1] respectively) or an Ivy or Ivy Tier (eg. NYU's CCTOP [2])
I expect another K shaped graph here where the top 20 universities or so located in the top 10 or 20 metros compete for the top 10% of the population while the rest are on the downward leg of the K.
alephnerd|1 month ago
It's hard to make a case to attend Western Illinois University or St Mary's College versus going to community college and transferring to your state flagship (eg. Grangier Guarantee [0] and TAG [1] respectively) or an Ivy or Ivy Tier (eg. NYU's CCTOP [2])
This is what TFA talks about as well.
[0] - https://grainger.illinois.edu/admissions/undergraduate/pathw...
[1] - https://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/admission-requi...
[2] - https://www.nyu.edu/admissions/undergraduate-admissions/how-...
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lotsofpulp|1 month ago