<p>Regarding the overrepresentation of CA, it’s interesting that the degree of representation has changed significantly in recent years at most selective colleges. CA was not overrepresented at many of these colleges in the past. The change in number of CA students from 2000 to 2010 is listed below for various highly selective colleges:</p>
<p>Princeton : 103 -> 195
U Chicago : 72 -> 141
WUSTL : 76 -> 149
CMU : 80 -> 152
Cornell : 155 -> 269
Duke : 89 -> 148
Notre Dame : 107 -> 174
Dartmouth : 92 -> 145
Rice : 37 -> 71
Brown : 145 -> 234
Harvard : 178 -> 236</p>
<p>The moderately selective colleges I checked also had a significant increase in number of CA students, perhaps even greater than the highly selective schools. For example:</p>
<p>Northeastern : 45 -> 156
Syracuse : 62 -> 158
Tufts : 57 -> 136
Boston University : 230 -> 426</p>
<p>Did something change in recent years that would explain this result? Perhaps changes with the UC system and budget cuts?</p>