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re: Sending my first kid to a rival…Auburn
Posted on 4/4/24 at 5:33 pm to Tuscaloosa
Posted on 4/4/24 at 5:33 pm to Tuscaloosa
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This new 44% number that continues to be quoted was for the early enrollment period, which admits only the highest ranked applicants
Do you have a source for this claim?
Everything I have read from third party sources state a 44% acceptance rate, I have even read a 39% acceptance rate for 2024. I haven't read anything or seen any third-party publication state that Auburn has an 80% plus acceptance rate
Plus I can tell you from personal experience that Auburn is not as easy to get into as it once was
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Posted on 4/5/24 at 6:08 am to Auburntiger
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Everything I have read from third party sources state a 44% acceptance rate
That number comes from Auburn’s Vice President of Enrollment, Joffery Gaymon, in a press release.
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The university’s 2023 early action decisions extend from October to January, with regular decisions being announced in March. The acceptance rate for Auburn’s early action periods was 44% for a total of 20,000 acceptances. Those students had an average ACT score of 28.2 and an average GPA of 4.2
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Historically, Auburn has averaged around 80% overall acceptance. Prior to 2023, the lowest number on record was 70% in 2011. The highest was 92% in 1998.
Posted on 4/5/24 at 6:09 am to Auburntiger
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Do you have a source for this claim?
Everything I have read from third party sources state a 44% acceptance rate, I have even read a 39% acceptance rate for 2024. I haven't read anything or seen any third-party publication state that Auburn has an 80% plus acceptance rate
Plus I can tell you from personal experience that Auburn is not as easy to get into as it once was
Well, I don't have a source or any such thing, but we can do some deductive reasoning.
First, let's get one thing straight.
The overall acceptance % is NOT going to depend on how high your standards are. The actual % number itself is just about how many people applied vs how many students you can let in.
And the number of people who apply can depend on multiple factors. Such as the odds they believe they can get in. For example, most people aren't going to apply to Harvard. So again it's nothing to do with academic standards.
Now, as for the specific claim about what Auburn is doing. Given the above, and the fact that Alabama and Auburn admit somewhat similar amounts, with Alabama allowing in a few more, there are only 2 possible ways for Auburn to get that number. One is that Auburn for some reason gets twice as many people who apply than Alabama. The other is that Auburn is giving a number which doesn't reflect the full amount of people who apply, which would be as he said - only counting the early acceptance.
Which of those 2 is it? I do not know. But I do know anyone claiming that it's somehow a reflection of Auburn's high entrance standards doesn't know what the frick they are talking about.
This post was edited on 4/5/24 at 6:13 am
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