<p>In my opinion it doesn't seem like its that much. In theory, I would expect less people to apply to expensive private schools but that doesnt seem to be the case and as a result colleges needing to lower their standards. What do you guys think?</p>
<p>Also, endowments are down on average around 10% at harvard and yale.</p>
<p>There was a featured thread about this on here before, a few months ago I think. The general trend was that flagship state schools were getting a lot more applications than usual, and ED applications to expensive, private universities dropped a bit. Admissions requirements don't look like they've changed drastically however.</p>
<p>i was hoping to major in finance so when i get out of college the market will be hot again =)</p>
<p>so u guys dont think a top 25 school would lower their admissions slightly for someone who can pay (hypothetical situation)?</p>
<p>A top 25 school, maybe. A top 15 school, unlikely.</p>
<p>i do knwo someone who is vastly underqualified got into GW early so i guess in a way the economy has taken a toll on the whole college process. hoping for emory, i checked off no financial aid mainly cuz i thought my chances would increase since my SATs are lackluster</p>
<p>Bucknell, which I think is need-aware, admitted a very low FULL PAY student from my area...her SATs were terrible (below 1400 on ALL three sections), no ECs whatsoever, and almost failing out of her school. She wasn't hooked, but did ED.</p>
<p>@ kidwithshirt: or...when you get out of college the market will be even worse and you'll be completely screwed...haha just saying.</p>
<p>I need aid, but that didn't stop me from getting into Mac (top 25 lac) even with lackluster GPA/SATs. Then again, they didn't give me much, haha. But, I'm still very happy to be accepted if my posts don't make it evident enough.</p>
<p>harvard and yale are down by at least 20%. when the dust clears, its expected to be 25-40%.</p>
<p>Soon we must hear about the numbers of applications from the privates whose Common Apps were due January 1. So far its been crickets chirping. This is telling. When applications are up it is broadcast from the rooftops. If apps are down each of the colleges await the other colleges to issue their press release first, so as to provide cover for their bad news. The longer we don't hear about the number of RD applications at selective private colleges, the more likely that numbers are down.</p>
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<p>Got a link for that, or is it just your speculating?</p>
<p>^It's not speculation. Harvard lost about $8 billion of it's $36 billion endowment. That's around 20%, a little higher actually.</p>
<p>any other opinions?</p>