As a mom, the one thing that drives me crazy....

Kei-o-lei
Wed, 23 Oct 2013 12:18:23 +0000

Hpuck35 said: “The low admit numbers are a result of the larger numbers of applications that each student puts out. It may be harder to stand out from the crowd but the top students will almost always stand out. Therefore, I believe it is no harder today to get into a good college.”

Which is why admissions results at an elite school, like, say, Brown, are so good for “top students”:

82% of Valedictorians are told no . . . as are 85% of Salutatorians, 82% with an 800 SAT CR, and 84% with an 800 Math