Difficulty of Acceptance in Next Generation

quomodo
Thu, 11 Nov 2010 17:46:02 +0000

As the population expands, there are more and more qualified candidates for the top schools, and more and more of them have to be turned away. These students then attend supposedly Tier-2 schools, and these “lesser” schools see a boost in prestige. So I would posit that the “trickle-down” of lots of talented students will enhance the prestige of many non-Ivys–>to the level of MIT, Stanford, etc, maybe. And Yale et all will no longer be the be-all-end-all.