Of Competitive Colleges that Have Increased in Selectivity, These May Have Increased the Most

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  1. Elon
  2. U Chicago
  3. Ohio State
  4. Pitzer
  5. UCLA
  6. UC–San Diego
  7. Boston College
  8. SUNY–Stony Brook
  9. U Pittsburgh
  10. Georgia Tech
  11. Case Western Reserve
  12. Brown
  13. UNC–Chapel Hill
  14. Notre Dame

https://www.educationnext.org/yes-it-really-is-harder-to-get-into-highly-selective-colleges-today-comparison-sat-scores-over-time/

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The article uses SAT score difference between 1985 (adjusted for scoring changes) and 2016 as their proxy for increase in “selectivity”, even though SAT scores are hardly the only thing that more selective colleges look for.

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