Colleges Reject Record Numbers

AdOfficer
Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:38:08 +0000

Keep in mind that:

1) the number of high school graduates is higher now than it has been in the past several years…this is simple demographics

and

2) more students are applying to more schools…a decade ago, many fewer students were applying to more than 10 schools than today, when it seems that most students looking at highly selective colleges are applying to AT LEAST 10 schools

And remember, just because admit rates are dropping and applicant numbers are rising, this does not necessarily mean that the quality of the applicant pool at a specific school has changed dramatically. At many schools, the caliber of student applying has changed, but this change is not as dramatic as many here on CC think it is.