<p>right now there is a ton of competition for top schools. i realize that there will always be competition - it's unavoidable - but i remember reading something about "baby boom" and how college admission rates are supposed to increase in the near future. can anyone confirm/deny this? thanks</p>
<p>layman's terms- is it going to become easier to be accepted at one's dream school?</p>
<p>It depends. Are you a junior? If you are, your class is rumored to be the largest senior class in history.</p>
<p>freshman...any info on us? :D</p>
<p>I'm not sure about freshman. Your class' rates might go up a little, but not a significant amount.</p>
<p>Since it would ineveitably be posted, I'll just save tokenadult the time</p>
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<p>Population trends in the United States are not the only issue influencing the competitiveness of college admission here. The children already born show us what the expected number of high school students are in various years, but the number of high school students in the United States, which is expected to begin declining in a few years, isn't the whole story. </p>
<p>First of all, if more students who begin high school go on to college, there will be more applicants to college even with a declining number of high school students. And that is the trend in the United States and worldwide. </p>
<p>Second, colleges in the United States accept applications from all over the world, so it is quite possible that demographic trends in the United States will not be the main influence on how many students apply to college. The cohorts of high-school-age students are still increasing in size in some countries (NOT most of Europe). </p>
<p>Third, even if the number of applicants to colleges overall stays the same, or even declines, the number of applicants to the most competitive colleges may still increase. The trend around the world is a "flight to quality" of students trying to get into the best college they can in increasing numbers, and increasing their consensus about which colleges to put at the top of their application lists. I do not expect college admission to be any easier for my youngest child than for my oldest child, even though she is part of a smaller birth cohort in the United States. </p>
<p>And now I would add to this that at the very most selective colleges that have just announced new financial aid plans, next year's (and the following year's) crush of applicants will be larger than ever. When colleges that are already acknowledged to be great colleges start reducing their net cost down to what the majority of families in the United States can afford, those colleges will receive more applications from all parts of the United States, and very likely from all over the world.
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<p>alright, thanks!</p>
<p>What about sophomores?.. Is it going to be harder for us, or more difficult?</p>
<p>a few yrs from now it's going to be just as hard to get into a top college as it is now....from what i understand...</p>
<p>Ok, well here's the optimist's version: though the junior class may be the largest g. class in years, it may also be large and dumb. This would mean a huge increase in "bad college" applications. </p>
<p>Maybe the people in our class have vocational talents....</p>
<p>Even if this is not true, think about the fact that if you are really good, you prob. will get in. It's us poor schleps on the 'bubble" of ivy applicants that have to worry.</p>
<p>I still envy all of the frosh and middle schoolers of today....</p>
<p>why do you envy us? :P</p>
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<p>Thanks. Yes, it was FAQ time again.</p>
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<p>LOLZ .</p>