<p>“Oh, please, if 7% of ‘C’ students get into something, it isn’t ‘more difficult’ to get into than something that admits 8% of ‘A’ students.”</p>
<p>Excuse me, but iin our community college nursing program, it is (or was, when my wife applied) 4%, not 7%. And in the pre-reqs, it is required that, in the 9 COLLEGE pre-req courses, you get at least 8 As, and 1 A-minus. If you receive 2 A-minuses, you can’t get in. Period. Most Ivy students couldn’t hack it. If you went to Yale, and got two A-minuses in the pre-reqs, you will not get in. On the next block from me, there is a Mount Holyoke graduate who graduated magna cum laude with honors in biology. She DIDN’T get in, and had to retake three pre-req classes because her grades were too low. We’ve joked about the reality that it would have been easier for her to get into a good medical school.</p>
<p>(And whether it’s high SAT scores, family money and connections, football prowess, or playing the tuba, none are going to help one get admitted. Some of the rejects go to the four-year program at UWashington.)</p>