Is Princeton now the most selective college in the world?

Applying to College
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Princeton today announced a 19% increase in applications (4% better than the record year they had 2 years ago). Princeton has 15,706 applications to consider for the 600 slots remaining after the ED round. So the seats available are 3.7% of the total apps outstanding?
Does this make Princeton the most selective school in the world? The (Princeton Review has long declared it #1 in the U.S.)

<a href=“http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/ar...ews/11901.shtml[/url]”>http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/ar...ews/11901.shtml</a>

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<p>What the hell man? How much Princeton whoring can you do?</p>

<p>I love the school and all, but geez man. We get it.</p>

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<p>So you want to be Princeton's version of Byerly/NYCfan?</p>

<p>Way to set your sights high =)</p>

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<p>It's not even #1 (or 2 or 3) in the U.S. Start with Deep Springs and work your way down.</p>

<p>It's not even close to IIT in India.</p>

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<p>Ah. You edited.</p>

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Is it understood outside of IVY world?

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<p>Yes.</p>

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<p>Mini, what are the stats on those?</p>

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<p>That people will always have divergent opinions on a variety of topics.</p>

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<p>And that he is probably right. If you want to find the most selective college in the world, you'll have to look outside the U.S. </p>

<p><a href="http://www.indianchild.com/india_education_institutions.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.indianchild.com/india_education_institutions.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>"Admission to IIT is highly competitive; some 100,000 applicants take placement examinations for 2,000 student positions each year."</p>

<p>I don't think any U.S. college is down to a 2% admit rate.</p>

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<p>Selectivity is fact not opinion. Actual numbers exist. I am really interested in knowing? I have heard much about IIT, but what are its actual numbers?</p>

<p>Thank you. Scwab. just got it.</p>

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<p>Another article
<a href="http://placements.iitb.ac.in/comunity/maincbs559476.shtml.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://placements.iitb.ac.in/comunity/maincbs559476.shtml.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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"With a population of over a billion people in India, competition to get into
the IITs is ferocious. Last year, 178,000 high school seniors took the entrance exam called the JEE. Just over 3,500 were accepted, or less than two percent.</p>

<p>Compare that with Harvard, which accepts about 10 percent of its applicants.</p>

<p>"The IITs probably are the hardest school in the world to get into, to the best of my knowledge," says Vinod Khosla, who got into IIT about 30 years ago."

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<p>That's in 2003. There's undoubtedly close to 200,000 applicants presently.</p>

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<p>With a marketing campaign, is it possible Princeton could reach the 2% level?</p>

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<p>No .</p>

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<p>lol, now that is an opinion!</p>

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<p>Never said it wasn't.</p>

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<p>just kidding, your a good man.</p>

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<p>I think you'd need to define "most selective". It really should mean more than "most able to skew statistics through admission techniques." What the ivies are gaining in "selectivity", they are losing in veracity. UNC has the right idea. Back to basics. Honesty, competition, fair play, diversity, economic fairness. They call their move away from ED a "competitive risk". I call it academic and social integrity. Will the ivies follow suit? I believe they will. They are, after all, followers. And they have lost control of the process. I give it two years.</p>

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With a marketing campaign, is it possible Princeton could reach the 2% level?

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<p>I just seriously doubt Princeton, even with the best marketing campaign in the world, could garner over 60,000 undergraduate applications for admission.</p>

<p>Hell, Harvard can't even break 30,000.</p>

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<p>CTPANJMOM, Did you miss this:</p>

<p>Templeton Foundation Honors Princeton for Academic Honesty </p>

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<p>Academic Honesty Programs: 35 college programs that effectively communicate the values of honesty, trust, respect, responsibility, integrity, and fairness in the classroom </p>

<p>Exemplary Programs
Academic Honesty Programs </p>

<p>Academic honesty (or integrity) is the fundamental understanding that a person of character does not lie, steal, or cheat, especially in relationship to academic work. These principles may be supported in daily campus life by policies, enforcement procedures, sanctions, and educational programs that communicate the values of honesty, trust, respect, responsibility, and fairness. Although traditions, institutional missions, and student and faculty characteristics vary throughout the academy, exemplary academic honesty programs affirm and promote fundamental principles and standards for all members of the campus community. </p>

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<p>That's pretty irrelevant to the discussion at hand which involves admissions practices.</p>

<p>And I see UNC is on the list.</p>

<p>Try to stay focused, I mean didn't you pose the original question?</p>

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<p>Crap, alphacdcd.</p>

<p>Are you going to delete every single one of your posts or what?</p>