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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]http://ideas.time.com/2013/03/20/college-admissions-the-myth-of-higher-selectivity Attached is a Time magazine article about admission to the most selective colleges and universities. Among other things, the article makes the point that admissions to these top schools is so "selective" because the Common App allows an ever-increasing number of students to more easily apply to those schools. That increases the number of applicants to those schools for whom admission would truly be a "Hail Mary" stretch (e.g. student with gpas and test scores below the 25-50%ile ranges of admitted students). In other words, there are a lot of applicants who have very little chance but still apply because the common app makes it easier to do so, and everyone want to try for their "dream school". [/quote] Sorry, I meant to post this on a related thread posted in the college forum. Redundant, I know.[/quote]
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