Freshman Admission rates 2023 across conferences

[Saint3333]

Acceptance rate is a nothing-burger that people think presents them as being a better or smarter place. Standardized tests like the SAT/ACT are not equitable and should not be used to predict potential success in college. I want my university to focus on the students that stand to benefit from a college education. That includes many first generation college students who may be good self-motivated students but don't have the family support. Why do schools tell high school students "you're not good enough" especially when these are young folks who may have had competing priorities, such as jobs or caring for family, or a simple and understandable lack of maturity.

What limits the number of student's that schools should admit? Number of faculty? Number of dorm rooms? These are hardly things to brag about.

One metric I'd like to see schools measured on is what socioeconomic class or percentage their graduate achieves 10 years after college versus their parents.

While that isn't everything in life it in a good indication if the return on investment was worth it.

[Bigdaddyg1]

Do schools (including App) really have a hard cap on the number of students they admit every year? I'm thinking the answer is no. There aren't enough dorms at App to accommodate the number of freshmen and classes full up quickly and students invariably take courses that they really don't need. Someone please convince me otherwise.

[Black Saturday]

I assume we still have a good number of applicants but we have been increasing our freshman classes recently, so that may be why it is higher.

My daughter is a jr in HS and is looking around. I was shocked that Chapel Hill and App seem to have a large difference admission "requirements". CH wants 1350 on SAT and 4.0 unweighted GPA, my old self use to consider that Dook territory.

I'd bet that the large majority on here wouldn't get in APP by today's standards if they were era to era scores comparison.


btw, CH in a long time hasn't wanted the the boy from NC.

[McLeansvilleAppFan]

Acceptance rate is a nothing-burger that people think presents them as being a better or smarter place. Standardized tests like the SAT/ACT are not equitable and should not be used to predict potential success in college. I want my university to focus on the students that stand to benefit from a college education. That includes many first generation college students who may be good self-motivated students but don't have the family support. Why do schools tell high school students "you're not good enough" especially when these are young folks who may have had competing priorities, such as jobs or caring for family, or a simple and understandable lack of maturity.

What limits the number of student's that schools should admit? Number of faculty? Number of dorm rooms? These are hardly things to brag about.

One metric I'd like to see schools measured on is what socioeconomic class or percentage their graduate achieves 10 years after college versus their parents.

While that isn't everything in life it in a good indication if the return on investment was worth it.

Bennett College in Greensboro does a good job of that. And of course they lose SACS accreditation while Others cheat and keep their accreditation.