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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There was a lot less competition because the world was not globalized and populations were smaller, and most state tuition was quite low so the need to chase aid was nothing like it is now. I watched TV constantly as a kid and did only 1-2 low-key activities of 1-2 hours per week until high school. My elite alma mater is only ~10% larger than it used to be but receives an order of magnitude more applicants today. At the same time, the US population has increased by 100M people and international students have gone from 6 to 20% of the undergraduate student body. College applications were done in hand or by typewriter and the common app was in its infancy. It isn’t surprising that when there is less opportunity to go around, people will do more extreme things to access it.[/quote] This!!![/quote]
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