Off the active list as of 8/23, no specific reason recorded individually. The best sports facilities on this list and the only school strong at both of your sports, 1,900 miles from home.
Baylor pays you the largest automatic merit award on the entire site, $32,000 a year, and still lands about $12,000 a year above Biola's default, because the sticker is that much higher.
What you get for the premium is real: 18 tennis courts including the only indoor courts anywhere on this site, and a serious ultimate club. What you give up is your stated geography, completely.
| Tuition, flat at 12+ hours | $67,756 $33,878 × 2 semesters |
|---|---|
| Chapel fee | $180 |
| Room, typical first-year double | $9,440 |
| Meal, All Access 7 day + $150 | $7,245 Freshman default |
| Direct bill | ~$84,621 |
| Books, travel, personal | ~$5,330 |
| Need-based aid at $300k | $0 |
| Net per year | ~$52,600 ~$58,000 all-in |
| Four years | ~$210k |
Baylor publishes its 2027-2028 awards, which is your entry year rather than a current-cycle number you have to age forward. All are automatic on admission with no separate application, and renew at a 3.0 GPA.
Middle 50 percent SAT is 1180 to 1350, so your 1470 is well above the 75th percentile and the top band is realistic rather than hopeful. This is the only school on the site where the merit figure is a published number for your year rather than an inference.
Baylor offers a guaranteed tuition plan locking $37,778 a semester for four years, elected between June 1 and August 31. Read that number against the $33,878 standard rate: it is a higher starting price bought as inflation insurance, not a discount.
What this covers: the $52,600 net is the direct bill after President's. The $58,000 all-in adds books, personal spending and travel from Washington, which is a bigger line here than anywhere else on this site. Full breakdown.
Early Action closes November 1, which together with Pepperdine is now the earliest college deadline on the site. Full timeline on the apply page.
| Plan | Deadline | Binding | Decision | Deposit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Early Action | Nov 1, 2026 | No | Feb 1 | May 1 |
| Early Decision | Nov 1, 2026 | Yes | Dec 15 | Feb 15 |
| Regular Decision | Feb 1, 2027 | No | Apr 10 | May 1 |
Applying Early Action triggers automatic merit consideration and unlocks Baylor's invitation-only specialty scholarship events. Invitation to Excellence typically wants a 1420 or above, and you have a 1470.
Miss November 1 and you keep the base grid but lose the upside round entirely. That makes this the one Early Action deadline on the site with a dollar figure attached to it beyond the standard award.
The transcript blocker is fixed. Baylor requires the transcript with a GPA and requires test scores from homeschoolers specifically. The junior-year gap that blocked this is resolved, per Cooper directly: "my transcript is fine, urs is outdated."
Quirk worth knowing: Baylor's intramural rules allow only one club tennis player per intramural roster, so club and intramural are treated as separate tiers rather than the same thing with different labels.
Baylor's club is all skill levels, match play and tournaments, which is a real step above intramurals and a real step below Pepperdine's USTA Tennis on Campus team playing UCLA and USC. Its competitive tier is not established
Varsity is D1 Big 12 and a national-title program. That is not a path at UTR 6.7.
"Stonewall Ultimate" is Baylor's men's club team. Tryouts are in late August, members are accepted year-round, and it practices Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 6 to 8pm at the intramural fields. Spring competitive season with fall pre-season tournaments.
Baylor is the only school on this list that is strong at both sports you play. Biola has courts and no ultimate club. Pepperdine has the tennis team and no ultimate at all. Cal Baptist has ultimate and no tennis. Baylor has both.
Given that you called ultimate a for-fun thing, this is worth less than it looks. It is a genuine tiebreak good, not a reason on its own.
USA Ultimate registration, college series division and conference placement could not be verified for any school on this site from public sources. Unverified All ultimate language here is descriptive, taken from school and club sources.
Dining is Chartwells, branded "Baylor Eats", since 2024, replacing Aramark. Four residential halls:
Two things here are genuinely better than anywhere else on the site. Every hall has a "Delicious Without" station, free of the major allergens and safe by default rather than by request. And Baylor staffs a full-time registered dietitian plus an ingredient expert available to students, which none of the other five advertise.
Actually served at Penland: Angus burgers, pizza, sandwiches, a Mexican line, BBQ, Asian dishes, Wing Wednesday and vegan options.
No published local-sourcing percentage, no antibiotic policy, no cage-free or grass-fed commitment. Sustainability is described as "starting with an expanded composting initiative", which is waste handling, not sourcing.
Freshmen also default into the All Access 7-day plan at $7,245 a year, the most expensive mandatory plan on this site.
Reviews: Penland historically had a reputation as the worst hall, and recent reviews are meaningfully better, praising range and flavour with some inconsistency at specific lines. The full dining comparison across all six schools.
Brooks, Honors and Teal Residential Colleges require a two-year commitment. Choosing one of those as a freshman quietly converts Baylor's one-year rule into a two-year one, so the choice of hall is a bigger decision here than at the other schools.
Dorm quality and kitchen access are not established for Baylor. Unverified
Waco, Texas is 1,900 miles from home. It fails your west coast filter outright, and it means connecting flights through DFW or Austin rather than the direct Seattle-to-California hops every other school on this list allows.
After the top merit award it still costs about $12,000 a year more than Biola's default and about $15,000 a year more than Cal Baptist.
What it genuinely offers is the best tennis facilities on the list, the only indoor courts, a real ultimate club, and the only school strong at both sports. Those are tiebreak goods bought at roughly a $47,000 four-year premium, at a school that fails your stated geography. Hard to justify unless facilities alone move you.