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Out of curiosity, what college recieves the least amount of applications? Once I saw a school in Oregon that got 7 apps, but I can't recall the name.

By Aspirer42 (Aspirer42) on Sunday, June 06, 2004 - 09:06 pm: Edit

Looks to be Marylhurst University, during the 01-02 admission season. 7 applicants, 7 acceptances. The best part is that US News categorized them as 'selective'.

They have a few hundred students, though, so I don't think that's a common event. 7 applications is going to be pretty hard to top... er, 'bottom'.

By Alejandro (Alejandro) on Sunday, June 06, 2004 - 09:39 pm: Edit

hahaha yeah I remember that. In the 02-03 year they got like 30 apps though, I think

By Haithman (Haithman) on Sunday, June 06, 2004 - 10:11 pm: Edit

Hmmm..good safety school...

By Skiowad (Skiowad) on Sunday, June 06, 2004 - 10:18 pm: Edit

I'd hate to go to that college. Not that I'm saying it's a bad school (in case anyone here is planning on/ has attended), but that could you imagine the competition for Val. That would suck when applying to grad schools. "Well let's see, Salut and in only the top 13%. WTF!". With my luck the other six would be geniuses and i'd be stuck with last.
hmm... sorry for this nonsense. So...anyone going?

By Tropicanabanana (Tropicanabanana) on Monday, June 07, 2004 - 12:16 am: Edit

Deep Springs college only gets about 90, but it's still really hard to get into.

By Xiggi (Xiggi) on Monday, June 07, 2004 - 05:02 pm: Edit

Deep Springs college only gets about 90, but it's still really hard to get into.

and to get to!

By Noodleman (Noodleman) on Monday, June 07, 2004 - 05:13 pm: Edit

What's the Faculty/student ratio? 1:1 ?

By Tropicanabanana (Tropicanabanana) on Monday, June 07, 2004 - 05:20 pm: Edit

Deep springs:
95 applicants
13% accepted
92% enroll (one of the highest if not the highest yields I've seen)
Ratio 4:1
736/720 Average Verbal/Math
7 essays, 2 hour long interview, 3 day visit if you make the first round.

Downside: only accept males

By Confused86 (Confused86) on Monday, June 07, 2004 - 06:08 pm: Edit

Deep Springs is a two year college. If you choose to attend, you will have to work in the farm. Graduates of the school go to very prestigious schools, (e.g. Harvard, Yale, etc...)

By Alejandro (Alejandro) on Monday, June 07, 2004 - 08:12 pm: Edit

I was checking out the US News listings and they have Julliard as "Least Selective"..how could this be? It's basically impossible to get in unless you are really talented right?

I'm impressed with Deep Springs...how much is their tuition? I mean, maybe it's cheap and worth your money and that's why the yield is so high...

By Scubasteve (Scubasteve) on Monday, June 07, 2004 - 08:23 pm: Edit

their yield is so high because it is probably the only school in the country that involves working on a farm

..people who apply want to do that

By Bluevartouhi (Bluevartouhi) on Monday, June 07, 2004 - 09:30 pm: Edit

I read in some article that it's free to attend, that you basically work off the costs of attendance by on the farm. But are they still allowed to only accept males???

By Lahlahlah (Lahlahlah) on Monday, June 07, 2004 - 09:42 pm: Edit

montatna institute of tech enrolls 100 percent

By Fingercuffs2006 (Fingercuffs2006) on Tuesday, June 08, 2004 - 12:57 am: Edit

My Harvard interviewer did an interview a couple of years ago with a guy from Deep Springs who transferred to Harvard.

By Tropicanabanana (Tropicanabanana) on Tuesday, June 08, 2004 - 01:12 am: Edit

Perhaps they mean academically Juilliard is the least selective. The average SAT is around 1150.

By Tfc (Tfc) on Tuesday, June 08, 2004 - 01:58 am: Edit

Deep Springs is totally free...I've heard from people who attended that it's a really wonderful experience, and most of them did go to Harvard afterward. The men that attend are obviously very intelligent, but I also think they're very intellectual people, which is something that I think is missing from a lot of college applicants nowadays. A guy I met who was on the trustee board for the organization that runs Deep Springs said the younger people are trying to change the all-male thing, but have met resistance from some of the older, more conservative members. But they're a privately funded organization, I don't think they have to worry about their entrance requirements. I think it's somewhat practical to make it all male (and I'm female and really wished I could apply to Deep Springs at the time)...imagine how distracting and intense it is to live with only about 30 other people; romantic entanglement would just be one more level of complication. Maybe they could start a second one for girls?

By Everet (Everet) on Tuesday, June 08, 2004 - 02:02 am: Edit

tfc so you would advocate that women should be cut from the military because they would be too 'distracting?'

By Tropicanabanana (Tropicanabanana) on Tuesday, June 08, 2004 - 02:04 am: Edit

I would love for Deep Springs to go coed. There's no other opportunity like it for girls. Romantic entanglement is not a good enough reason to keep them out. That happens at any small school. The interference would be minimal.

By Tfc (Tfc) on Tuesday, June 08, 2004 - 02:20 am: Edit

Well...I did the summer program of the organization that runs Deep Springs. The summer program is coed and mine was in Ann Arbor, so it's not like we were cut off from civilization...and the hook ups were RAMPANT, even though we got sooo many lectures about not hooking up with people because it took away from the community spirit the program is supposed to instill. And it did take away from it. The problem with romantic entanglements is that, unlike normal friendships, in our society they're categorically exclusive of others. I was glad there was no one at the program I was romantically interested in, because I feel like I would have gotten so wrapped up in the other person that I wouldn't have talked to anyone else. That said, a lot of people meet their spouses in the program, and they have great relantionships, and I'm all for that. But I can see why the organization wants to discourage it.

Since I didn't do DS I don't have perfect information about it, but that is why I surmised as *one* reason it's still single-sex. Plus, like I said, the single sex status is a carry-over from when the program was first started, from the large endowment established by only one man with a specific purpose in mind and in a time when many, many schools were not co-ed. DS isn't the military...if you are accepted, I think you'd find the people there so like you it's almost impossible not to form very, very intense friendships, and in a co-ed situation, romantic entanglements. And that's not to mention that Springs is only about 30 people! I agree that it would be nice to have it co-ed, as I said, I would have liked to do it. But...ah well. Anyway, I'm not trying to be controversial or get in a big argument about this, I'm helping my sister pick colleges and just glanced around the board and saw Deep Springs, an obscure topic I know just a tiny bit about ;-)

By Noodleman (Noodleman) on Tuesday, June 08, 2004 - 08:37 am: Edit

1) Did it ever occur to anyone that romantic entanglemants occur in same-sex environments, too? Ahem.

2) There are a number of schools that only accept girls. One of them has been sending me admissions materials for about 6 months now--Mary Baldwin College--and I'm a guy. My first name could go either way, so I guess I haven't red-flagged the Admissions office. Cracks me up. Private institutions can do what they want.