2008-2009 college admissions

standrews
Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:46:27 +0000

IMO, '09 will be little different from '08 and is the first of the plateau years after 10% increase over the past 4 years. That’s the good news. The bad news is that '08 was a very tough year. Also keep in mind that international applicants are increasing as well. Students are applying to more schools thanks to the Common App and paranoia, but ultimately they can only matriculate to one school.

Admission stats at many schools have changed drastically in recent years. For example, U of Richmond’s admit rate dropped from 40% to 24% in '08. Don’t rely on USNWR stats. They are a year old when published. Most schools will publish their common dataset in the early fall. Take a look at these numbers for the class entering in '08 to make sure your matches haven’t turned into reaches.