<p>A lot of competitors increased applications:</p>
<p>Skidmore +42%
Carleton +20%
Macalester + 12%
Bates +5.9%
Bowdoin +5.0%
Wesleyan +4.5%
Colorado +3.0%</p>
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<p>Amherst, Dartmouth and Pomona are competitive only with Ivies and Stanford and may be loosing applicants to larger universities.</p>