<p>Virtually every college has seen an increasing surge in college applications. My opionion is that, given the common app, it is easy to apply to more and more colleges…it just takes a bit more effort and money.</p>
<p>Personally, I applied to 3 schools that, if it had not been so easy, I would have not applied to.</p>
<p>Colleges no doubt have to account for this and accept more applicants (or at least waitlist a bunch) because those that they accept likely have a host of other acceptances.</p>
<p>So even though NU has 32,000 applicants, I feel that admissions will not have change much…if you are suppose to get in, you will.</p>