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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are two facets of it 1) yes, "recruit to deny" is definitely a thing, increasing the pool of unqualified students lowers admissions rate which, while not part of the USNWR ranking anymore, is important to trustees and general public ([b]plenty of posts here that indicate admissions rate is a meaningful indicator of quality when it really isn't all that[/b]) and 2) they do actually want to recruit more of certain groups and have to cast a wide net to get those. [/quote]

So which is it?

Are they nefariously and purposefully inviting kids they know have no chance to accept?  Where is your evidence of this?  Where is your evidence that trustees care about lowering already low acceptance rates?  And what difference does it make if the uninformed use acceptance rate as an arbiter of quality?  So schools should not try and get more applicants so that the uninformed won't think they are better than they actually are?  None of that makes any sense.

Or is it your #2 that they want to cast a wide net?

I'll answer for you.  You are correct with #2.[/quote]

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