<p>The UC's almost have to be viewed as their own little universe. The huge population of the state combined with very few alternatives within 1000 miles makes for an unusual admissions dynamic. Imagine New York state if the closest alternative to the SUNY schools (except for Penn, a half dozen LACs, and NYU) were in Atlanta or Illinois.</p>
<p>With Cornell's announcement of more than 28,000 applications, the Ivy League have surpassed the average of 20,000 applications per school -or more than 160,000 for the 8 schools. The only Ivy that did not report an increase is Harvard. Could it be that a published COA of $46,500 is hitting too close to $50,000. </p>
<p>So is the competition on for a top school to exceed 50,000 students or charging $50,000 for the pain? That is a whole lot of people and a whole lot of after-tax money. :)</p>
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<p>Harvard already gets a $60 application fee from every student in the world who ever got at least one A- in a class. How could their apps possibly increase?</p>
<p>"Harvard already gets a $60 application fee from every student in the world who ever got at least one A- in a class. How could their apps possibly increase?"</p>
<p>And it would have been a good source of revenue for a poorer college, except, Harvard is already rich beyond imagination!!</p>
<p>From a note from UNC-Chapel Hill:</p>
<p>"we expect more than 19,000 candidates for just 3,800 spaces", number could be larger. </p>
<p>Kat</p>
<p>"How could their apps possibly increase?"</p>
<p>Are we running out of candidates whose parents love to mention that their offspring were ASKED to apply at Harvard or [fill the blanks with at least five other Ivies]. </p>
<p>The cocktail circuit would be so different!</p>