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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why does everyone think it's harder to get into a top college when it's demonstrably easier?

http://youtu.be/le2dkeYnEzA

John Katzman's "hacking college admissions" explains why it is important to fall in love with more than one elite school.[/quote]There are just so many seats and so, so many applicants.  It's the numbers.[/quote]

It may be true that more kids will get into one of more colleges within a particular range that they are qualified for.  But it is still harder to get into a particular college, I think, with people applying to so many more schools.  Allowing kids to apply to 15-20 schools means that there is a lot of movement after acceptances come out.  When kids get around to saying no to some schools, then the waitlist kicks in, and by that point disappointed students may have made other arrangements.  The application frenzy also means kids don't carefully decide in advance what schools are really a good fit for them, and I believe many more kids end up transferring after their first year than they did in my day.  DC reported that one classmate is applying to all of the "top 20" universities (assuming that means USNWR) indiscriminately.  That just seems absurd.  What am I missing here?[/quote]
I think you shouldn't concern yourself with the number of applications filed by anyone other than your own kid. And even then, just to pay the application fee. [/quote]

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