Teen Board Member
With difficult economic times, students are applying to numerous colleges and universities, hoping to get as much financial aid as possible. With many schools intensifying their requirements, the pressure only increases.
More and more students agree that the more applications they send the more choices they will have and a greater chance for acceptance. A report from the National Association for College Admissions examined the enrollment for the class of 2008 and saw that for the fourth straight year, around three-quarters of four-year colleges and universities saw an increase of applications over the previous year. It is becoming the norm for students to apply to up to 10 colleges before picking the right one for them.
Due to acceptance to top universities getting more difficult each year, students are looking for that extra leg up on the competition. Some are finding this extra help with early application. For the University of Georgia, 66 percent of early action applicants were accepted. However, the regular decision acceptance only differed slightly, coming in at 56 percent. According to U.S. News and World Report, schools that had a higher percentage of acceptances from early application were College of Charleston, University of Georgia, University of Miami in Florida, and University of North Carolina-Wilmington and UNC Chapel Hill.
Where can students turn for the greatest chances of acceptance? According to U.S. News and World Report, some of the Southern colleges with the 2008 highest acceptance rate were, Concordia College in Selma, Ala., Freed-Hardeman University in Henderson, Tenn., Free Will Baptist Bible College in Nashville, Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va., King College in Bristol, Tenn., Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Kent., and Auburn University-Montgomery in Alabama.
Teen Board Member MaryBeth McGahee is a senior at Augusta Christian Schools.
