<p>i supposedly heard that there are "admissions trends" each year where one class is more competitive than the other and 2012 would be the high point and then it would level out. i'm graduating next year but i'm just seeing how it compares against '10. is this true?</p>
<p>wow. i can imagine 2012 getting crazy competitive, i mean the competition began at the beginning of my freshman year and is soaring as time goes by. im a soph btw.</p>
<p>yea one of my really good friends is a sophomore and she's already feeling the whole crazy process. wow, things can get pretty intense. supposedly one of her "best" friends was so jealous that she got a higher grade on this HUGE physics projects they had to do that she even went to the principal and tried to have it thrown out because she supposedly copied the idea off of her and bribed her not to tell(defenitly not true). the reason? they go to this prep academy like half an hour away and one of their academic rules is only 10 A's per class and my friend took the last slot...wow, it wasn't THAT bad with us. neway, good luck tho!</p>
<p>ditto that High School sucks. It basically nulls motivation to a certain point. If you know that even if you work super hard your not likely to get an A how dissapointing is that?</p>
<p>there are no "trends" because you can not possibly predict acceptance rates. I work at Cornell's admissions office for Arts and Sciences and this year the application rate rose 17% because of Cornell's acceptance of the common app. Colleges DO NOT want app rates to get out of control because what happens is HS kids nowadays are applying to 15+ schools and many schools get screwed by a higher yield rate from kids applying and not going. My guess is that in the next few years American colleges as a whole will do something to decrease application rates - perhaps make apps longer, more specific, and difficult, or limit # schools you can apply to, etc.</p>