<p>Haven’t read all the threads but – absolutely, was easier back in the late '70s when the world was smaller it seemed. I went to an East Coast private school (scholarship kid) and applied to 3 schools, Princeton, Brown and women’s college as a financial and admissions safety. Rejected at Princeton, accepted at Brown and at LAC. Could not afford Brown and went to LAC where I had a superb education and went on to law school. In high school, I was an A/A- student, with typical ECs and good but not amazing scores. I think I took the SAT twice, mostly because my math score was so low I had to bring it up. Not like I prepared in between, just retook it and it did come up to a respectable level. </p>
<p>Back then, I could afford to pay for college myself – it was about $6k, which I paid for with summer job, plus some state grant money and small loans. Of course, the all-loan approach to law school was a shocker, and I spent 10 years paying off the “mortgage on my brain.”</p>