@classOF2017 I’ve got this bias in that I do believe in supply and demand. So let’s assume all applicants have the exact same stats. If there are more applications for fewer slots, it will be difficult to explain to those denied admission that it is hasn’t gotten more difficult to get in.
Bucknell’s average stats may not have gone up…that’s possible. But I guarantee there were applicants scratching their heads as to why they didn’t get in. That Bucknell’s average stats didn’t go up, that feels like an anomaly. But this website is a forum for among other things pointing out the anomalies that occur all the time when it comes to college admissions.