Local vs College vs Gap Year

Bill_Marsh
Thu, 23 Mar 2023 04:57:20 +0000

Wow! The number of high school graduates and the accompanying number of college applicants have continued to increase each year to historic highs. It’s interesting to see the ripple effect as the top tier becomes increasingly impossible admits, the next tier begins to see an increase in applications, and so on from one tier to the next. I was beyond shocked last year when Northeastern received 90,000 applications. It was never considered a top tier school, but there it was with a 7% acceptance rate. Holy Cross seems to be experiencing this same phenomenon.