An underenrolled college refers to a college that does not have enough incoming students to meet their enrollment goals. Underenrollment, according to The Hechinger Report , stem from a dip in the birth rate a generation ago, an improving economy that lures more potential students into the workforce, and the rising cost of education that may make college unaffordable to many students.
To increase enrollment, colleges may also take a hard look at their tuition and fee structure, and implement tuition resets or offer tuition discounts to entice potential students. Additionally, to support increased recruitment, underenrolled colleges may make capital investments to attract potential students, such as funding innovative academic programs, such as new curriculum or majors; new athletic facilities or dormitory improvements; or state-of-the-art labs and classrooms equipped with the latest technology.
A tuition-dependent college brings in its largest percentage of income through tuition, rather than federal or state subsidies or private endowments. When a college is underenrolled, less tuition money is coming in, and the viability of tuition-dependent colleges is at risk. Keeping enrollment high becomes integral to keeping the college or university in business.
The reduction of public and private investment in higher education is also a large factor in making a college more tuition dependent. Public universities are typically the first to consider tuition hikes, as their funding model is heavily based on income from taxes and government funding, which has declined in recent years.
Regardless of source, as funding gets cut, tuition increases result, tuition then becomes more important to keeping a college running, and unless outside funding is restored , the cycle continues. How do you identify if a tuition-dependent college is on shaky footing? Forbes also calculates an annual financial grade report , based on aggregated US Department of Education and school reporting data.
Check both reports to see if your potential college is in good financial standing. Different students pay different amounts to attend college, based on expected family contribution and specific financial aid packages, and the school allocates money so that their average revenue per student hits what they need to break even. In the academic year, average tuition discount rates rose to Note this is the average , not the target discount rate. In other words, colleges routed nearly 50 percent of incoming tuition dollars into financial aid grants, scholarships, or discounts to enroll these students.
You never know if a college is underenrolled and has funding to spare--and unless you ask, you may be leaving money on the table. The individual readers tend to make the final decision themselves. However, most schools do make a final decision through the admissions committee! We only wanted to illustrate some of the outliers through this example! Looks like this girl got her decision letter!
By the end of the committee stage, colleges are close to their deadlines. The admitted applications will proceed to consideration for financial aid before the offer letters are sent out. Of course, when the admissions officers make the final decisions they must look at the selectivity of the majors as well as the diversity of the incoming class.
As a result of this, many amazing candidates may be denied admission. Fret not! Finally, this quick manner of reviewing your application may seem careless. However, this efficiency still utilizes careful consideration. The admissions officers are looking for a way to admit you not reject you. Help them out by crafting the best application you can! Login Join Us. College Preparation. Note : These sources were published between to While certain details might now be different, the overall process should not have changed much.
Each college has its own specific way of judging applicants. The general admissions process of the schools we researched, however, is remarkably similar! Selective schools can receive upwards of tens of thousands of applications! Take a look at this table to see the stats for The first part of the admissions process is getting organized! This usually means sorting and sending applications to the appropriate regional team. Admissions officers are often assigned to a geographic region.
In addition to reading applications from their region, they are also responsible for recruiting students and getting to know the local high schools and guidance counselors. Numerical scores are sometimes calculated for each applicant. This is simply an attempt to incorporate some sort of organization and scientific rigor into a very qualitative process. Depending on the school, a staff member or regional coordinator may scan the application and apply the initial scores before the first read, initial readers may be responsible for generating this score, or the scores may be computed automatically by a computer system.
If you are a recruited athlete in the Ivy League and increasingly in other schools as well , you are also assigned an Academic Index.
This is calculated based on standardized test scores and high school GPA. Academic Indexes range from around to Ivy League institutions have agreed to uphold these standards to keep the athletic playing field competitive while maintaining high academic standards. First readers have varying levels of experience. Some are hired part-time to supplement the admissions team.
Some are fresh out of college. Immediately after graduation, my college roommate served as an admissions officer for Princeton University, responsible for first reads in his region.
This was his first job, and he was 22 years old when he started. After the first read, which often takes less than 10 minutes, an initial idea of how competitive the candidate is forms. In some cases, the first reader assigns a written recommendation of Accept, Deny, Likely, or Unlikely or some other variation. The first reader is sometimes responsible for creating an application summary card and creating detailed notes for each application.
The application summary card lists key details about the applicant. Admissions officers are responsible for reading thousands of applications over the course of several months and will often review an application file at various times, so summary cards are essential for allowing a quick scan of an application and refreshing their memories.
Note-taking is also essential. Admissions officers often take important notes on a card that follows the application from officer to officer and ultimately to committee. Nowadays, physical reader cards might be replaced with digitized versions, but the idea is the same.
It sets the stage for the application review. Without context, what does your 4. Without understanding the course rigor available to you, what is the significance of 2, 4, or 6 AP classes? Colleges will not make decisions on any application without examining all such information available to them. All college admissions officers have their style, so I will walk you through mine: typically, I spent about 11 minutes reading an application, and read well over 1, student files each year.
While 11 minutes was my average, there were memorable students that drew me in, and I spent more time learning their stories. Weaker or more typical applications might take less time to go through. After reading the school profile, I started with the factual information inside of the application, taking notes about the content.
Every admissions office has agreed upon shorthand for our rapid notetaking. This includes abbreviations for common activities and honors, as well as commentary shortcuts like DNS does not stand out and LMO like many others , used to quickly describe unremarkable candidates.
Every section of the Common Application helped me learn more about the applicants. I became familiar with their families what did their parents do? Throughout the process, I continually asked myself the same questions: Could I picture this student succeeding on campus? What communities would the applicant likely join? Would the student be a good fit for my school?
How did the application stand out against others that I had read? What was exciting about the stories being told? The answers to these questions led naturally to my next set of decisions.
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