This Ivy League school is getting too crowded

SocratesPost is always on the frontlines scouring the news for relevant updates in the college admissions landscape. We look for anything that can help shape our understanding of the latest trends in admissions and help our readers see the direction in which we’re moving.

Questions we explored this week:

  • Which Ivy League is so crowded that it's paying students to live off campus?
  • Make $65,000 or less? Get free tuition at this top rated university.
  • This college is making in-district students pay more and out-of-district students pay less. Which one?

June 17, 2021 — Dartmouth

The Hanover, N.H. private school is offering up to 200 students on the on-campus housing waitlist a chance to win $5,000. The catch? Remove oneself from the waitlist and live off-campus. Students are upset that the university didn’t try harder to house them on campus.

What does this mean? $5,000 is probably not enough to compensate for the lost traditional, on-campus college experience. However, local real estate investors providing private student housing can now enter and shine.

Read more here.

June 18, 2021 — University of Michigan

University of Michigan guarantees free tuition to families making under $65,000. The aid applies to the Ann Arbor, Flint, and Dearborn campuses. Students are expected to have a 3.5 GPA from high school.

What does this mean? Lower income families have more college options than ever before, but middle income families are still stuck.

Read more here.

June 11, 2021 — Jackson College

The Jackson, Mich. college increased tuition by 2.8% for in-district students, but decreased it by 22.5% for out-of-district students. With this change, one credit hour will cost $168 for in-district students and $190 for out-of-district students.

What does this mean? Most schools charge out-of-district or out-of-state students significantly more than their in-district or in-state counterparts, but when enrollment is plummeting, colleges need to offer attractive rates to more potential customers.

Read more here.

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