(01-28-2021 09:07 AM)Tribe32 Wrote: (01-28-2021 08:53 AM)TribeFan1983 Wrote: (01-27-2021 05:57 PM)Tribal Wrote: Excellent .
William & Mary receives record number of applications for Class of 2025
https://www.wm.edu/news/stories/2021/wil...f-2025.php
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Might be the result of our going test optional.
That's pretty much everyone though.
My guess is Virginia seniors are looking to say in Virginia given the pandemic. Or, it could be more students who expect to study online.
I will share an admittedly completely anecdotal experience. We live in Virginia. My daughter is a HS Senior and has applied to nine schools (Penn State, Pitt, Tennessee, Carnegie Mellon, Georgia, Clemson, UVA, Va Tech, and JMU). She had zero interest in applying to dad's alma mater
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She had little interest in applying in-state and not much interest in attending a school in-state, but we required her to at least apply. Her preference has always been Penn State, both pre-Covid and during. She has already been accepted at Penn State, Pitt, and Tennessee, and has an interview with Carnegie Mellon tomorrow. We are still awaiting decisions from the other schools before she makes her final selection - but it will not be in Virginia. (As a side note - some out of state colleges now offer students from this area essentially in-state tuition rates to attract students. Tennessee as an example offered her - as well as two of her friends from this area - a $24,000 tuition discount over 4 years to attend, making the tuition comparable to many Virginia schools. My understanding is South Carolina and Georgia do similar.)
Most of her friends and teammates applied to a large number of schools (7+) as well, or what seems like a large number to me from when I applied. Many of them also applied to schools out of state. She worked with a College Application Tutor this year, and speaking with that individual, she said that most of her students were applying to more schools than usual as a result of not being able to visit in-person. I will say though that her high school has done an admirable job of scheduling virtual college visits for the seniors.
I guess this is a long way of saying that because she wasn't able to visit schools she just added some to her list just in case, and with the flexibility of "The Common App" she was able to apply to many schools at the same time - most out of state. My hunch is these similar themes contributed to the increase in the number of applicants this year at W&M.
