<p>I’m not sure, but I think I heard that U of Chicago made a huge effort to recruit students this year, much more aggressive than previous years. That’s probably why they had the huge increase. Although I think it was more like 42%, not 46%. But supposedly, they’re still only going to admit the same number of people that they did last year, so their acceptance rate will jump from 27% to 19%. Yikes.</p>
<p>In the paper version of the Daily Northwestern, there was an interesting graph that showed the application increases for some of the top schools. It’s too bad it’s not in the electronic version.</p>
<p>Over in the parents forum, they’re compiling a thread with the app increases for top schools. It’s till a work in progress, but it’s there if you want to check it out:</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/849181-applications-growth-class-2014-a.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/849181-applications-growth-class-2014-a.html</a></p>