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Student Acceptance Rate (SEC schools)

Posted on 7/5/23 at 8:40 pm
Posted by bigDgator
Dallas, TX
Member since Oct 2008
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Posted on 7/5/23 at 8:40 pm
Posted by JetDawg
Los Angeles, California
Member since Oct 2020
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Posted on 7/5/23 at 8:44 pm to
FYI........current student acceptance rate for......

-- University of Texas-Austin = 31.8%
-- University of Oklahoma = 80.4%
-- University of Southern California = 12%


Others picked at random around the country....

Stanford = 4%
UCLA = 8%
California-Berkeley = 17%
Notre Dame = 18%
Ohio State = 57%
Michigan = 23%
Clemson = 49%
Florida State = 37%
UNC = 24%
Duke = 8%
Georgia Tech = 23%

This post was edited on 7/5/23 at 8:54 pm
Posted by KirbySmartsDentist
Member since Feb 2023
226 posts
Posted on 7/5/23 at 8:45 pm to
Neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerds
Posted by BlindedMeWithScience
Member since Jun 2023
2302 posts
Posted on 7/5/23 at 8:46 pm to
I am surprised A&M's is that high. I suppose they have a better pool of applicants and don't have to reject as many.
Posted by AUTiger789
Birmingham, AL
Member since Apr 2022
1671 posts
Posted on 7/5/23 at 8:49 pm to
Imagine getting rejected by Kentucky.
Posted by Mulkey Man
Member since Apr 2021
19403 posts
Posted on 7/5/23 at 8:50 pm to
Bama is giving scholarships to second-tier Louisiana kids.
Posted by JohnnyRebel
Colorado
Member since Sep 2014
7214 posts
Posted on 7/5/23 at 8:53 pm to
I’m in the 90% club bitches
Posted by PerrillouxToTexas
Member since Sep 2022
5389 posts
Posted on 7/5/23 at 8:57 pm to
By law, Texas must admit all in-state applicants who were ranked within the top 6% of their graduating class. Outside of those auto-admits, the acceptance rate is about 10%.
Posted by TheRealTigerHorn
Member since Jun 2023
159 posts
Posted on 7/5/23 at 8:59 pm to
Meh, you can't put much stock in that. There are half a dozen ways to game those rates that universities will use to raise their scores for the various ratings rags/websites. Every year or two, the ratings groups revise how they measure it to take into account the latest gaming methods the U's have come up with.

For example, for several years back in the 00's, bama was giving everyone who applied an iTunes giftcard for $5, which is about what it cost to apply at the time. Their acceptance went to low double and even single digits for a year or two before the ratings orgs caught on.

Another things schools will do (UT Austin and Bama have both done it that I know of, I believe Aggie does as well) is that they will admit borderline students (low ACT/SAT or grades) in the summer as "provisional students" so that they don't count against their incoming Fall freshman class stats. The provisionals have to make a 3.0 to stay in school. I used to tutor them at UTexas.
This post was edited on 7/5/23 at 9:01 pm
Posted by Hogfan13
Member since Jul 2019
2969 posts
Posted on 7/5/23 at 9:03 pm to
I always find this a little bit overblown. I went to a school with a ~80% acceptance rate. But I could've gotten into any school on the list. Maaaaybe not Vanderbilt, but I think I could've done it. I just went in state where I wanted to go and where I could realistically afford.
Posted by Henry Jones Jr
Member since Jun 2011
68602 posts
Posted on 7/5/23 at 9:13 pm to
Ole Miss and State have the same entrance requirements as Jackson State. It’s set by the state of Mississippi. To combat that Ole Miss makes some of their freshman courses more difficult than normal so there’s a lot that flunk out after a semester or two. State does something similar
Posted by Sus-Scrofa
Member since Feb 2013
8188 posts
Posted on 7/5/23 at 9:40 pm to
Arkansas has almost doubled its enrollment in the last decade.

They became so obsessed with getting to 30,000 that half of new freshman are from Texas. Clearly they’ll just accept anybody.
Posted by Gunny Hartman
Member since Jan 2021
423 posts
Posted on 7/5/23 at 9:49 pm to
How do you get rejected by LSU?! Not finish high school?
Posted by meansonny
ATL
Member since Sep 2012
25780 posts
Posted on 7/5/23 at 9:50 pm to
What are the application requirements for all of the schools?

UGA has essay requirements.

UGA has an average of 10 AP/Dual Enrollment Courses for freshmen.
With the average GPA at 4.19 (core classes) and 1270-1470 mid-range SAT, a lot of students don't bother with the essays and application fee even though UGA would be their first choice.

120,000 high school graduates a year and only 43,000 apply to UGA.
Posted by deeprig9
Unincorporated Ozora, Georgia
Member since Sep 2012
64225 posts
Posted on 7/5/23 at 9:55 pm to
It is difficult for me to believe UGA has a 40% acceptance rate. I don't know how this is calculated, but this is difficult for me to believe. Even back in the 90's when UGA was considered a shite school, most people who applied were denied. The standards have only gotten higher since then. I'm not saying we're Vanderbilt, but 40% is off.
Posted by 1801
Charleston
Member since Aug 2012
6333 posts
Posted on 7/5/23 at 10:04 pm to
Kentucky be like -

Posted by Tolbert1906
Member since Aug 2009
2121 posts
Posted on 7/5/23 at 11:40 pm to
For the 2022-2023 admissions cycle at UF, acceptance rate was 23%.
Posted by RockyRococco
Jacksonville FL
Member since Aug 2021
1256 posts
Posted on 7/5/23 at 11:43 pm to
>tfw went to vandy for a year and a half then got booted for shenanigans
uhhh anchor down?
Posted by ThomasCallahanIII
Member since Mar 2014
76 posts
Posted on 7/6/23 at 1:00 am to
UK was around 70% in 2011. Then they decided to make a push for larger enrollment. Had to fill all those new dorms somehow I guess.
Posted by ChiGator
Member since Nov 2020
3279 posts
Posted on 7/6/23 at 9:04 am to
As much as I despise Georgia, it’s nice to know our rivalry features two prestigious academic institutions vs all you other deadbeat alternative schools.
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