Reply to What were YOUR Stats and where did you get accepted/denied

Forum Index » College and University Discussion

Reply to "What were YOUR Stats and where did you get accepted/denied"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is kinda interesting both in terms of what was needed for admittance then vs now, and also how some colleges have changed. (Several posters from 1980s were accepted to uva but denied/WL at William and Mary!) it also shows that the system was pretty random in the past, too. [/quote]

Things started changing in the 1990s, especially the late 1990s. Population of US is much bigger now but the same number of colleges and universities. The past was much more regionally focused while schools today are much more national. The Ivy Leagues and elite LACs didn't carry the same mystique they currently do; it was a much more self-selective pool of applicants largely drawn from the upper middle classes and especially those whose families had a tradition of going to private colleges. Most of the country, especially outside the east coast, viewed getting into the flagship state university as all was needed for a great education. SAT scores themselves have been reweighted several times. The change to electronic applications rather than hand written essays made it much easier to apply to multiple colleges. It snowballed from there. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics