<p>Will college admissions only get harder every year??</p>
<p>obviously</p>
<p>30 years ago ppl regarded Upenn as a crappy safety school. Now people would beg and call teh adcoms their masters if they could be allowed to enter the premises of the school.</p>
<p>Im glad I wasnt born 30 years later, all those kids in the future are going to go through nothing but ruthless and savage and brutal competition.</p>
<p>It's said that it will be less harder to get into colleges after year 2012. Even ivies would be very easy to apply around year 2020.</p>
<p>lolerskatess</p>
<p>If the Ivys were in China, They would probably have a .0000005% accpetance rate</p>
<p>With half of the population in China and the amount of kids graduating, its more or less impossible to get in.</p>
<p>But as far as getting harder, I think the numbers would fluctuate. Just because the amount of kids that decide to apply to college is 100,000 say, this year, doesn't mean its going to be 150,000 next year. It might fall or it might rise. Get what I mean?</p>
<p>The gross number of kids graduating from high school will peak in a few years, however the percentage of kids who decide to go to 4 year colleges wil continue to rise.</p>
<p>Don't forget population booms. The US Population is boomign heavily, and with more people being born thats a LOT more college-seeking students.</p>
<p>based sorta on what rootbeercaesar said, I can see a slight decrease in admissions in the next couple of years:</p>
<p>It seems as though the idea of going to college for 4 years really became popular around the time of the baby boom. Now that most of those people are heading into retirement, I think the US will see a slight decrease in the size of its general population</p>
<p>I believe it may get a little harder and then the acceptance rates will start leveling off and because of the population crisis that is bound to happen, they have to let in more kids, so the acceptance rates will start going up.</p>
<p>Wrong. The overall population will continue to rise, simply because that's what populations do in the absence of population control programs.</p>
<p>The peak in college-age kids is a result of the children of the baby boomers. Those kids will have children and so and so forth causing exponential growth.</p>
<p>The problem isn't in the rising size of the US population but more in the rising percentage of that population who can/want to go to college.</p>
<p>I heard the peak year was 2008.</p>
<p>I think college admissions may get easier within the next 10 years. This will sound like bigotry, but the reason is because a greater percentage of Americans will be black or Hispanic. These groups traditionally apply as much to elite schools, which is why we have AA and a slew of other programs. Sure, more people want to go to college, but do they all want to go Ivy? No.</p>
<p>Though I said admissions might get easier, the difference might not be noticeable. I think it might come down to qualities that are not well-respected as of yet. Colleges will be looking for students of diverse backgrounds that show potential for a good future and that they will stand out in the crowd. I don't see the whole spiel about legacy and connections lasting much longer. The days of your parents' money getting you into college are fast dwindling.</p>
<p>Yawn... Not my problem. Maybe for my kids.</p>
<p>Gryffon5147, Its your kids but yet you sound so lackadaisical in their admissions</p>
<p>I read an article saying the high school graduating class of 2008 will have the highest number of college applicants.</p>
<p>raffles, I heard that stat, too. But I am not sure that is suppposed to be the peak, or will the applicant numbers start a local descent.</p>
<p>Clearly, the uber competiveness -across the board, and not just in the IVYs - is due to increased demand against a static supply (when was the last time you saw a new 4 yr college created? almost all the ones I see are 19th century, or before).</p>
<p>I recently checked out a how-to-get-into-college guide from the library and I was surprised to see that the book touted all the ways that colleges were wooing applicants; it then said that many (I believe it was said, 100s) of colleges closed down due to lack of enrollment in the 70s. I looked at the copyright of the guidebook and it was 1987.</p>
<p>I don't understand how anyone could speculate a peak, could someone explain this to me? I'm sorry when it comes to statistics I suck</p>
<p>One factor that may continue to fuel demand is a supply from beyond US borders. As 'third world' countries become '1st world' , they'll need universities. This contrasts with the 70s when the US was more a 'closed system'.</p>
<p>Who wants in on building a new great college? It will take the best ideas of the best places! We'll better the world and make a mint. Starting partners will get their own statue :)</p>
<p>Um guys...after 2012, the college acceptance rate will plummet DRASTICALLY. The reason for this is because in 2012, the world will come to an end, accourding to the Mayan Calendar and several other sources,and thus no one will be accepted to college because they will all be "dead".</p>
<p>But then again, there will be no colleges so, interpret it as you wish.</p>
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<p>But in all seriousness, I would say, it will only get harder in the future. It got harder over the past years, so I guess it should get even harder.</p>
<p>yeah, ok && Pigs Fly^</p>