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Message: [QUOTE="Chuck, post: 5299250, member: 1646"] I saw that. We have a ton of kids from our school in NJ at Syracuse. Syracuse has done a good job by having a few flagship programs (like Newhouse) that help the reputation and student stats of the entire school. Those schools are still difficult to get into, but the gen pop is pretty easy and the school is certainly expensive. I've always thought of Syracuse to be like a mid-level big state school (pros and cons) but with a much bigger sticker price. Syracuse isn't the only school dealing with filling their class. But instead of pulling lots off the waitlist they offered a TON of money to kids that had turned them down already. I guess the reason was: i) get kids you already deemed worthy rather than those that weren't; and/or ii) help the yield because those kids were already accepted. The biggest complainers seem to be those that already accepted without the big offers. I get why they're upset, but they gave up the better deal by locking in a spot. But Syracuse is in for some rough waters next year when everyone decides to accept another offer and wait until May/June for Syracuse to cough up more money. This may not make you feel better, but there are kids getting into UConn from my New Jersey school with below 3.0s. Really sucks for Connecticut kids that get sent to a branch when some idiot from our school gets in with a 2.8 (real example). UConn has become pretty easy to get into out of state. [/QUOTE]