70% acceptance rate a good sign?

sefago
Sat, 20 Aug 2011 22:41:15 +0000

If a program has a 70% acceptance rate, does that mean it’s pretty easy to get into?

What does that say about the quality of the program itself?



I know some fairly top 5-7 programs that have a 50+% acceptance rate. They tend to be highly self-selective- makes sense I am not going to, as a <3.6 students build up an application package for say MIT or Berkeley EECS.