What will it be like in 50 years?

Applying to College
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<p>What do you think the college application process will be like in 50 or so years? How competitive do you think it'll be relative to now (esp. at HYPSM)? What do you think the criteria will be? Do you think certain problems we have now will be rectified or not? </p>

<p>Let's see what y'all think.</p>

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<p>Well, my belief is that over the next fifty years, the process will get more and more selective, until finally reform starts to make the whole process more organized and less demanding, including a rating system customized to the student's wishes and a system combining the choices of schools and students to find those which truly want each other and provide a good fit.
That last part may be a bit optimistic though.</p>

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<p>I think it'll get too crazy and all fall to pieces and people will realize it's crazy and, well, I don't know, but I don't think it'll be like this.</p>

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<p>It think that soon there'll be a limit on the number of places you can apply to, because right now it's kind of out of control, and it makes colleges more selective than they have to be. Limiting the number of places you can apply to would also make students REALLY look at which places are best for them.</p>

<p>I think there'll also be less pressure on students to get a bachelors degree altogether. There was an article up on one of these forums about how the BA was one of America's most overrated degrees, and that's probably true. I think that the reforms that will happen would be just as much in high school as in college applications. Other options might also be developed for kids coming out of high school besides college and liberal arts degrees. </p>

<p>As far as expenses go, I think that colleges are going ot be forced to cut tuition rates, or at least the state might have to start spending more on higher education (I think that's kind of the plan)
There could also be an option for people who really know what they want to do to graduate without having to take all kinds of core courses that have nothing to do with their major.</p>

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There could also be an option for people who really know what they want to do to graduate without having to take all kinds of core courses that have nothing to do with their major.

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<p>We already have those, they are called technical/vocational schools.</p>