<p>@Messiah
It’s certainly true that one reason for the increasing selectivity is that more students apply to schools despite being woefully underqualified, but look at the statistics of the students who are rejected. It may not be much tougher to get into a certain school today than it was a few years ago, but it’s probably slightly harder than it was 10 years ago, and much, much harder than 20 years ago!</p>