{"id":32156,"date":"2018-05-03T13:49:18","date_gmt":"2018-05-03T17:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/?p=32156"},"modified":"2018-05-04T10:31:49","modified_gmt":"2018-05-04T14:31:49","slug":"skidmore-college-reports-it-received-largest-number-of-applicants-in-schools-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2018\/05\/skidmore-college-reports-it-received-largest-number-of-applicants-in-schools-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Skidmore College Reports It Received Largest Number Of Applicants In School\u2019s History"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_32157\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32157\" style=\"width: 241px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-32157\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2018\/05\/skidmore-vc-241x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"241\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2018\/05\/skidmore-vc-241x300.jpg 241w, https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2018\/05\/skidmore-vc.jpg 724w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-32157\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs received 10,750 applications this year.<br \/>\u00a92018 Saratoga Photographer.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The number of applicants for the incoming class at Skidmore College has broken the record in each of the past three years, college officials said.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This year, Skidmore received 10,750 applications, the largest number in college history, representing a 7 percent increase over 2017 and a 30 percent increase in applications over the last five years.<\/p>\n<p>College officials said Skidmore continues to experience growth in applications from international students, as well as domestic students who self-identify as students of color. In the past decade, the percentage of domestic students of color in the college\u2019s applicant pool has increased to 30 percent from 21 percent, and the percentage of international student applicants has increased to 30 percent from 6 percent.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Skidmore also received a record number of \u201cearly decision\u201d applications, with 695 students applying to Skidmore as their first choice of college, a 12 percent increase compared to 2017, according to the college. Since 2012, Skidmore has seen a 65 percent increase in early decision applications.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the collective student body is comprised of 14.1 percent first-generation college students.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSkidmore College has become increasingly attractive to exceptional high school students because of its emphasis on distinctive interdisciplinary connections between and among the sciences, arts, humanities and social sciences, and between the campus and the broader world beyond,\u201d said Mary Lou Bates, vice president and dean of admissions and financial aid.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Skidmore expects its Class of 2022 to include 690 students. Accepted students hail from 47 states and 51 countries. Approximately 38 students will choose to begin their college experience at Skidmore\u2019s First-Year London Program.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cDriven by a core belief that \u2018Creative Thought Matters,\u2019 Skidmore provides students with an academic and co-curricular environment that is richly influenced by creative thinking across many disciplines including business, humanities, sciences, social sciences, arts and literature\u2014a tradition that values and rewards real-world actions and outcomes,\u201d Bates said.<\/p>\n<p>Skidmore College is consistently named as one of the nation\u2019s best liberal arts colleges by <i>U.S. News and World Report<\/i>, and has recently been featured on the Forbes lists of America\u2019s Top Colleges, America\u2019s Best Value Colleges and America\u2019s Most Entrepreneurial Colleges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The number of applicants for the incoming class at Skidmore College has broken the record in each of the past three years, college officials said.\u00a0 This year, Skidmore received 10,750 applications, the largest number in college history, representing a 7 percent increase over 2017 and a 30 percent increase in applications over the last five [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education-training-personal-development"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - 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