<p>Geesh. Our poor kiddos. What a general time and specific year to be entering college.</p>
<p>I also wonder what soomoo asked. Can one of y’all math wiz types address that? With these increases, there IS no other answer, right…except that kids are ADDING to their overall application numbers. Mini baby boom aside, even adding the fact that more and more colleges are offering increased financial aid…a 20%-42% increase is surely caused by kids adding 1,2,3,4 colleges to their list, right? Those that know how low are their odds for top 10 will now be applying to all of them instead of 3-4?</p>
<p>And, since it’s basically the same elite kids who will be admitted to the majority, don’t we think there will be more cross admits, and therefore a (significant?) reduction in yeild? </p>
<p>I’m thinking, if one is waitlisted at an elite this year…that’s a GREAT place to be because there should surely be a lot of waitlist movement. But I don’t profess to really understand statistics. Am I missing any factors?</p>