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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I went to college in the late 90s. Getting a jump start on learning about college options for DC

Things have really changed. I feel like as a ‘90s’ kid the stats were really different. Now it seems like your 17 year old needs to cure cancer while riding a unicycle and get a 1500+ and 4.5 GPA to get into Tulane. Tulane, not even Harvard! Back in the day, the people who went to Tulane had 1200+ SATs and B averages.

Aside from supply and demand, what has changed? Kids are smarter? More Tiger parents getting their kids prepped? Did the common app artificially inflate acceptance rates?

What is the magic formula to get accepted into a selective college these days?

Let me in on the secret.[/quote]
All of the above is true. Lots more applications means a lot fewer acceptances. Access to the internet means a lot more opportunities for kids to do cool things. That means more impressive applicants. To get into top 40, you need those great stats. To get into top 20, you need great stats as always but also something special. You need to either know who you are or have a fake story (with corresponding activities) and sell it. Diversity is also a lot more central now so for rich, white areas like parts of the DMV, it is literally become disproportionately harder to get in (for fair reasons though).[/quote]

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