<p>notrichenough: That makes perfect sense then! I didn’t think about the students who couldn’t afford the more private schools turning to state schools. Unless something is done to dramatically change tuition rates in the United States, I can definitely foresee this trend continuing for the next few years. Economist Peter Schiff recommended having the government privatize student loans so that they could compete with each other to offer students the best prices so that way, college tuition itself could go down and colleges can be much more affordable.</p>
<p>Interestingly enough, I was talking to this person who’s also going to Rutgers in the fall who is from Massachusetts, and he told me about this girl who got into Boston University with a 2.9 GPA and tons of AP classes, so you never know I guess. Another friend of mine was rejected by Oxford at Emory yet accepted into UGA with barely a 3.7 GPA and an 1800+ SAT score, so I’m starting to believe that there is a bit of randomness in the admissions process for a lot of these schools now.</p>