College Discussion - View Single Post - What's going on with the College Admission this year?

menloparkmom · 04-09-2008, 04:20 PM

For individual colleges there is not much of a "moving target" from year to year. Yes, smaller percentages of students are being accepted now at the "top" colleges, in large part due to more students chasing "prestige", but the colleges are essentially looking for the same "types" of students as they have in the recent past. Acceptance percentages will fluctuate over time. A well thought out college list needs to start at the bottom, with safeties first, based in part on recent acceptance rates/ SAT scores, etc., and then build up from there.

04-09-2008, 04:20 PM	#78
menloparkmom Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 2,466	For individual colleges there is not much of a "moving target" from year to year. Yes, smaller percentages of students are being accepted now at the "top" colleges, in large part due to more students chasing "prestige", but the colleges are essentially looking for the same "types" of students as they have in the recent past. Acceptance percentages will fluctuate over time. A well thought out college list needs to start at the bottom, with safeties first, based in part on recent acceptance rates/ SAT scores, etc., and then build up from there. Last edited by menloparkmom; 04-09-2008 at 04:27 PM.