<p>Not much help for my sophomore D, though.... I read somewhere that the high school class of 2010 is the largest, the decline begins after that. sigh....</p>
<p>This is good news for my 7th grader! The article, however, seems to indicate that admissions might not get easier for very selective schools. I suspect that if the middle-class financial aid initiatives continue to evolve and more of the very selective schools adopt 10% of income tuition programs, admissions at these schools will continue to be as challenging.</p>
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<p>Ya sucks for us (I'm a sophomore too), but I guess it bodes well for my brother who's a 7th grader!</p>
<p>HA! Note to self: tell freshman S to consider taking a gap year!</p>
<p>Yay! :) baseballson is an eighth-grader! This must be payback for having an older child who graduated HS in 2006!</p>
<p>Did the demographics fuel the increases in applications at the most selective schools? </p>
<p>Will fewer apply to the same ultra-selective schools because their chances MIGHT be better? </p>
<p>The reality is that more and more students will find the motivation to apply to more selective schools and present more non-unique applications. Then, you have to add the international students who are bound to be recruited by schools as the demographics soften ... a bit. </p>
<p>The history will not be told at the Ivies or other selective schools; the schools that might suffer are way down the food chain of academia.</p>