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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I read a statistic the other day that caused me to take notice.  The top 50 colleges in the country combined have space for less than 1% of all US high school graduates (yes, this list includes University of Wisconsin and UMichigan).  Access is reduced to less than 1% US grads when you also consider foreign students.  These statistics are far more relevant than the "exclusivity" or selectively of a school as measured by percentage admits.  What a luxury to look down our noses at schools like these when MOST on this planet can't even consider them as an option.[/quote]

Can we get a link for this? I have a BIL who INSISTS that only the top 20 schools are worth it, if you're "college-material" you'll go to one of these top schools, etc. and i'd love to be able to show him that. [/quote]

Alk you have to do is look up the size of the freshman classes at the top 20 (however you want to define that) and compare that total to the number of HS graduates.  Those stats aren't hard to find, if you are "college material" ;). Your BIL doesn't seem to have learned much about statistics it logical thinking at his top 20 school.[/quote]

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