Yes, as our region of the state is under represented Yes, as I was in the top 5% of HS grad class and test scores were more than in the range needed I had a scholarship full tuition - not sure if that would still apply today.
I would, but I wouldn't be able to afford to go. My college has gone up over $20k since I graduated in 2005 (insane!) and I didn't qualify for aide because my dad was part owner in a plumbing business. Which was incredibly stupid, because he didn't make much money.
Yes. My school was and still is highly competitive - the requirements haven't really changed since I graduated. Only 700 freshmen accepted every year. Since it is an engineering school, they put an emphasis on recruiting women (was 23% women when I graduated, now 28%). Nearly every person who enters the school is in the top 10 graduates from highschool. Plus my academic scholarship is only given out to 40 students in the state and must be used at an in-state school. All of the schools covet the scholarship recipients - it's a big honor for the school if the recipient chooses that school.
My school has gotten less competitive- they would be begging me to go now. The current president has lowered academic standards to increase enrollment. Oddly enough, alcohol incodents have skyrocketed, and recently there were freshman girls running a prostitution ring out of their dorm.
Did I mention this was a small, conservative Catholic college? Yeah, they don't get any of my money.
Yes, but I got into A&M in a year where applications went through the roof so I'm pretty sure. Apparently bonfire falling was good PR because that was the fall of my application season.
Applications have since dropped back down to a more reasonable level.
Post by explorer2001 on Oct 9, 2012 18:40:59 GMT -5
Yes easily. I ended up going to an in state university where I lived. I had a National Merit Scholarship. I had to choose my school based on what I could afford. I was disqualified from most aide despite being on my own and my sole source of support due to my parents' income. I had also just lost the ability to parley my athletics into the college arena because my leg was broken in a varsity soccer tournament my senior year.
Yes. A few years ago, the acceptance rate for my school was well over 50%. Pretty sure I would get into my law school again today, too. Or maybe I'm just full of myself.
I'm skeptical. I feel like nowadays an applicant needs to have a Nobel, a couple patents, and a national championship to get into a competitive school.
Post by StrawberryBlondie on Oct 9, 2012 19:54:00 GMT -5
I just checked the admissions stats for the class that just started - I think I definitely would. They appear to have about the same admissions standards as when I went.
Plus, I was a pretty good musician, which they're still kind of hurting for.
Post by sillygoosegirl on Oct 9, 2012 22:24:13 GMT -5
I think it's gotten more competitive, though I think I still would have a chance. Not sure I'd be able to get my parents to pay for it now that the price tag has doubled...
But then, there was a lot of chance involved a decade ago too. I got in with the class of 2004, but DH was wait listed for the class of 2003, even though he is much smarter and was probably a stronger applicant than I was in every way except gender. But the class of 2003 was about 20% smaller than the class of 2004. Funny story on why: the class of 2002 was much bigger than intended and the class of 2003 had to compensate. But why was the class of 2002 so big? I went to a small engineering college and attracting women is a big thing. In 1998, along with the acceptance letters, if you were a woman, they also sent you a $200 voucher toward a flight to visit the college for pre-frosh weekend. As expected, many more women made the trip that year, and many more women chose to attend. That part was planned, that was the whole idea. What nobody anticipated was the impact this would have on the men who attended pre-frosh weekend. They were evidently impressed by the number of women on campus and also chose to attend at record rates. Oops. And that's the story of how DH and I almost never met.
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