Originally posted by complaint_hopeful
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Admit percentage doesn't matter much because its relative. If anything it predicts popularity with applicants - selectivity is based on the pool and a school's ability to consistently attract a pool at a certain standard. Harvard takes less than 5% of applicants but I bet 99.9% of applicants would be admitted anywhere. I always say that if Edinboro had 4,000 applicants with a 1,500 SAT and 4.0 high school GPA they'd have a 100% acceptance rate. Highest predictor of college success is still socio-economic status of the family: if parents went to college (increases with number of parent degrees), family income (increases with family income), and high school location (suburbs then rural then urban). High school GPA is the most reliable metric across all factors. SAT is far too related to those factors shown before. There are some schools very similar to
The research shows that admission standard doesn't matter much for PASSHE's core demographic (rural and urban modest & middle income kids) as much as cost and residency. Most kids are leaving because they run out of ways to pay or they don't feel connected. Its why I'm such a big proponent of keeping costs as low as possible especially if it gets kids to live on campus. Commuters are 3x as likely to work over 20 hours a week while attending full time. Research suggests 20 hours a week is the ceiling for students having the life balance needed to balance school & work.
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