<p>Admissions have become much tougher to get into. The quality of students admitted hasn’t changed drastically at most schools, but in terms of odds of admission, different worlds altogether. Below are the changes in acceptance rates in the schools I applied to back when I applied (1991) and today.</p>
<p>Brown University: 25%, 15%
Columbia University: 35%, 10%
Cornell University: 40%, 20%
Duke University: 35%, 20%
Georgetown University: 25%, 20%
Northwestern University: 35%, 25%
University of California-Berkeley: 40%, 20%
University of Chicago: 50%, 25%
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor: 65%, 45%
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill: 50%, 35%
University of Pennsylvania: 40%, 15%</p>