<p>i swear they say this every single year...</p>
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How do we look at this and the HS graduation crisis through the same lense?
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<p>This is a good question and it speaks to the rapidly-widening disparity in our society. There are plenty of kids at "the top" - the most competitive high schoolers who are bound for the elite schools, super-successful even before entering college in ways that generations of high school students have never been. At the same time, the amount of kids that our overburdened and underfunded schools are failing - particularly in vulnerable areas - is also growing at a ridiculous pace with no sign of letting up (and no one has any good ideas on how to stop it). What we are going to see over the next few decades is a dichotomy of the extremely successful and those that have failed and been failed by society. If anything, it sounds like the gap between rich and poor is going to broaden even more than it already has. Sounds like bad times.</p>
<p>Does anyone know the statistics for Princeton (just curious because a friend got in)?</p>
<p>Eegad. Will the admissions climate ease up at least a <em>bit</em> by the time current high school freshmen are applying to college (that'd be college class of '15, BTW)?</p>
<p>Based on these statistics, admission is getting more selective at urban and downtown schools (like schools in downtown New Haven)... part of the reason may be that people prefer an urban setting to the suburbs where they grew up. Swarthmore and Stanford haven't gotten much more selective than they were ten years ago, but places like NYU have, for example. Do you think this is part of a trend?
Design</a> New Haven: Record-low 2008 admission rates for downtown colleges</p>
<p>that's a very interesting question posterX, someone should really look into that. (Perhaps you'd like to volunteer? ;) )</p>
<p>1990 is highest birth rate since 1962. Birth rate drops every year from 1990 to 1995. So there was no reason for schools to grow to make room for this bunch.</p>
<p>watch.... in 10 years or so, every ivy league's admission rate will be .01% :p
but in all seriousness, what do those admissions officers look for in people when reviewing applications?!?!
they reject the best and well-rounded individuals. how is that possible?!</p>
<p>A good friend of mine got into Harvard, playing football next year..he had lower scores and everything than me..but oh well...still got grad school!! hope is always up..</p>
<p>7.1% !!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>WT FREAK!</p>
<p>7.1%?!!?!?!?!?!?!? </p>
<p>Okay, it's final. I'm scoring a perfect on the SAT...</p>
<p>Hopefully more people realize that there is more to college than the ivies....although I'm not one to talk.</p>
<p>Making college admissions more transparent would be the humane thing to do, certainly, but it would not serve the process well. People would see the formula and then they would game it. It would not help the colleges collect diverse, interesting, intelligent populations of people, but would rather attract those best at 'gaming the system.'</p>
<p>'500 hours of volunteering at the hospital complete, I can't get any more points here, I'm done.'</p>
<p>Milkmagn... "too many accidents occurred in 1990!"</p>
<p>haha... I was one of them =)</p>
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i think part of the reason has to do with USNW rankings....loads of people just apply to all the top 15 or top 10 without ever visiting the campus.
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<p>Not everybody lives on the East Coast.... it's a college airplane trip if we wanna go, not a college road trip. And that's.. not very affordable...</p>
<p>You need to keep in mind that the class of 2008 is not that much bigger than previous classes in an objective sense. Many colleges are trying to take advantage by stepping up a grade in selectivity and using their waitlist to "honor" someone with an acceptance. Don't be fooled. Demand some tuition relief even if you are accepted later.</p>
<p>Ivy League? - No, thanks.</p>
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7.1% !!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>WT FREAK!</p>
<p>7.1%?!!?!?!?!?!?!?</p>
<p>Okay, it's final. I'm scoring a perfect on the SAT...
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<p>You'd be wasting time you could use to do something more valuable, such as showing off your talents in chemistry and qualifying for the camp.</p>
<p>I'm not sure if there's an overall trend toward urban schools, but there's no doubt that the revitalization of New York City that began back in Giuliani days was of great help to both Columbia and NYU. As NYC shed its dirty and dangerous image, both schools saw annual increases in the number of applicants that outpaced most of their peers.</p>
<p>Do any of the schools publish a separate number for international students that applied? Since international students seem to focus on the "name" schools I am wondering how much the numbers of international applicants are influencing these high numbers of applicants. The internet has made it so much easier to get information and submit applications. </p>
<p>My D would also like to live in an urban environment with mass transit. She is tired of being dependent on me to drive her everywhere or, more recently, drive herself. We really enjoyed visiting Boston recently and being able to get around on the train.</p>
<p>wow... I feel so proud of myself knowing I was one of the 8.7 and 9.1 to get in :) kudos to everyone else who got in as well!</p>