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Post by hcpride on Apr 4, 2021 7:17:18 GMT -5
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Post by beachbound on Apr 6, 2021 13:38:53 GMT -5
My son is a senior in high school, and my wife is an independent education consultant. Most of her clients were looking for bigger schools with big time athletics, including my son. With that in mind, I was not surprised HC getting only 6500 applications, but Colgate getting 17500 is stunning. I believe HC went test optional a few years ago, so they didn’t get the big bounce like other schools that went test optional this year. But over 100% increase in applications for Colgate is remarkable, not sure what they are doing up in Hamilton.
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Post by hcpride on Apr 10, 2021 11:56:37 GMT -5
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Apr 10, 2021 13:33:49 GMT -5
So Lehigh's yield has plummeted?
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Post by purplehaze on Apr 10, 2021 13:49:50 GMT -5
So they accepted more than 6000 for a projected fresh class of ??
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Post by hcpride on Apr 11, 2021 8:54:36 GMT -5
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Post by higheredguy on Apr 11, 2021 14:18:31 GMT -5
The around 700 drop in applications this year is concerning. I think it can be attributed to HC being closed in the fall.
HC needs to be aggressive in increasing the number of applications. Colby over the last several years has increased their applicant pool. HC should examine what strategies are being used at that institution.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Apr 11, 2021 15:49:42 GMT -5
The around 700 drop in applications this year is concerning. I think it can be attributed to HC being closed in the fall. HC needs to be aggressive in increasing the number of applications. Colby over the last several years has increased their applicant pool. HC should examine what strategies are being used at that institution. From a previous post I made That is not to say that all is hunky-dory in HC admissions. The hiring of a vice provost (a new position) to oversee admissions and financial aid and to bring in someone to fill that position with no previous ties to Ann M.'s world or HC seems to me to be an organizational management trick. When it is difficult to fire someone, hire someone to be that person's boss. in this instance, the provost doesn't have the time to oversee the HC admissions process, given that it apparently needs a lot of continuing oversight. When seven of the 11 admissions staff have a geographic assignment that includes schools in Massachusetts, then the likely result is an overweight of Massachusetts residents applying to HC, which is the exact opposite of what the college wants. One of the 11 covers California, among several other states. BC, albeit with a 3x larger enrollment, has 19 admissions staff, five of whom are assigned to cover California. |
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