Notre Dame Acceptance Rate

knightcub
Wed, 24 Sep 2014 22:50:05 +0000

It would seem that all elite colleges suffer from this same phenomena, especially since the common app makes it easy to apply to any school with very little extra effort. ND put out an interesting set of stats in April, see link, with more in depth information than I’ve seen elsewhere. It might help you to understand what constitutes a qualified applicant at ND. I agree with you that elite schools probably have a lot of students apply that never had a shot at getting in, but I don’t believe we will ever know to what extent.

Another issue with elite schools is that they tend to not look for well rounded students these days. They look for students that are elite in a particular area and take all of these uniquely gifted kids to make a well rounded class.