<p>I think the bar is set higher this year because of the combination of these two reasons:</p>
<p>budged cut and the baby booming era.</p>
<p>1990 was the peak of the baby booming era, more babies were born in 1990 then in any other year. So for the class of 2008 that means more applicants and the budget decreased the number of open spots causing the standards to be raised.</p>