Why do UVA and Michigan have such low yields?

sevmom
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:53:49 +0000

bclintonk, I agree that most hopefully seem to be looking at fit but CC seems to be overrepresented by top kids putting in applications to multiple top schools, sometimes ones they have never visited but apply because they are prestigious. There is a minority of people who chase prestige but it does exist. Prestige does tend to be relative. Even within a state system, there are clearly some schools that are higher profile than others and lots of teenagers do pay attention to these things. Lots of teenagers do care about what others think at some level. That is nothing new. And many kids do not have the luxury of looking at multiple schools. For some people, prestige may mean being able to be full pay at an LAC. Lots of potential different scenarios re: prestige, elitism (including intellectual elitism),etc.