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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The reason it is harder right now is that there are many more qualified applicants than ever before.
No one is "taking the spot" that "rightfully belongs" to any particular kid.
The good news is that there are hundreds not 30 great schools where every kid of every stat will find their place.[/quote]

A lot of people don't seem to get this. There are many more applicants today both domestic and international. "Elite" colleges have not increased the sizes of their classes. I don't disagree with OP that grade inflation, TO, and other issues do not help, but, it is fundamentally a numbers game.

I'd be interested to see it go back to paper applications. Kids today have no appreciation for how time consuming it was to apply to college before they moved everything online.[/quote]

I mean, that’s one thing that’s never going to happen. They aren’t going to have paper applications.[/quote]

And what purpose would that even serve?  What a bizarre suggestion![/quote]

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