r/ucmerced • u/Sure_Expert4175 • 5d ago

Question Wot?? 🗿

https://www.missionaccepted.international/the-25-colleges-with-the-most-applications-for-fall-2026

If this so true, forgive my ignorance but why plan to get more applications? I think this right now is a great place to be and maybe even accept less applicant at this point, at least until more apartments and commercial buildings get out near the school? Just my thoughts though😵‍💫 I can’t sleep!

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u/spoiled-mushroom3954 B.S. Materials Science & Engineering 4d ago edited 4d ago

Logically: it doesn't make sense! We don't have the capacity to hold more students on-campus

Financially: it makes perfect sense! More students mean more money! Who cares if we can't handle this many? We'll cross that bridge a year after the problem gets worse, let the students deal with it

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u/Practical-Ad-9418 4d ago

It is a development plan that's been laid out for 20+ years. They are following it. That is all.

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u/internetbooker134 B.S. Computer Science & Engineering 4d ago

I think they're just trying to grow enrollment any way that they can. A lot of the commercial and residential development off campus is through private developers and those are moving at snails pace

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u/heatharoni 4d ago

More applications doesnt necessarily mean more admits or a higher percent of enrollment.

If you have space for admitting 100 people and you get 100 applicants, admit all for 100% admittance rate and less than that actually show up.

If you double it and increase to 200 applicants and admit the 100 best students its a 50% admittance rate and still not all will actually enroll. And its hard to know the percent of admitted that actually arrive.