I believe that admission to elite schools were much more meritocratic 20 years ago versus today

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Anonymous wrote:But the admissions officers know far less. The emphasis on raising the number of apps has killed the analysis

You have no evidence this is true. None.

The indisputable fact is the elites are still able to pick top students with a high likelihood of success there, and they always will be able to.

Here is another fact that is ignored: the hard part of elite admissions is choosing who to DENY, because there are many, many more qualified candidates than spots.

You have missed the point completely. They aren't really more qualified when we have dumbed down standardized testing, as well as not requiring it and put in serious grade inflation and instigated teach to the test with little emphasis on the skills the professor talks about.

Now we have 200 Valedictorians in my kids senior class. Yeah, kids aren't geniuses compared to 20 years ago. Mine have a 4.6gpa with time to play 2 sports per season and have a part-time job, no struggle. Doubtful they could have done that back in the day at my high schools.

No I did not miss your point at all. You point being "The emphasis on raising the number of apps has killed the analysis". You have no evidence that any elite school has emphasized raising the apps (even though it has occurred) but more importantly no evidence that it has "killed the analysis".

They are still getting kids they want. Excellent kids. Because there are a ton of them. 380,000 in the top 10%. Nearly all of whom can thrive at an elite college.