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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’d say two things:

1. Yes, self-selecting forum. There is a core group of posters who are very focused (fixated?) on the top, top colleges and prestige. For some it is their hobby (special interest?)

2. Parents of 13 year olds may not be tuned in to how competitive current college admissions is. Once their kid is 16/17, they may shift a hit.

Bonus reason: current college students are part of a micro baby boom. Things like registration for preschool, summer camp, soccer team, Brownie troops, etc, have been super competitive (or at least first come, first serve = set your alarm and log in at 7:00am on the dot) their whole lives. So parents of 17-23 year olds are primed to feel scarcity.[/quote]

Your third point is interesting, given there’s a prediction of a “baby bust” coming, as apparently a decrease in births occurred after the 2008 financial crisis.  My ds is part of that cohort ([b]he’s a 2010 baby[/b]), so we’ll see if there’s a shift for their class when college application time hits.  [/quote]

But is he a snowmageddon baby? Because I've experienced scarcity of spots locally because of that.[/quote]

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