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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t think it’s a mystery

[b]1.  The top colleges have barely added any new seats to incoming classes in 40 years. Yet we have 3mm more HS graduates.  That’s 300,000 more students in the top 10% if their class vying for that tiny number of seats. [/b]
2.  Increased foreign applicants as the US tries to lure talent
3.  COVID grade inflation made more kids think they were more accomplished than they really were
4. General dilution of the SAT.  Since college board reverted to the 1600 scale from the 2400 scale, they did NOT return to the same scale as pre-2400.  Todays scores equate to 60-100 points lower on the old 1600 scale. 
5.  Test optional gives more people a punchers chance. Note I am actually in favor of TO. I am a devout non-believer in the SAT/ACT and what they purport to measure. 
6.  Common App majes it ever easier to spam 20 schools. I applied to 4 schools in HS in the mid-90s.  Each application had to be typed on a typewriter or hand filled in. Tedious. 
7.  The ever-increasing influence of stupid rankings, combined with anxiety over being one of the have nots if you don’t get into a top 20. [/quote]

The Atlantic article quoted above disagrees with your #1:
[i]Over the past two decades, the number of applications submitted to colleges has increased more than 150 percent, even as the size of high-school graduating classes has remained fairly stable.[/i][/quote]

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