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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Disagree with OP.

At our school, the high performing kids are getting shut out at Ivys, NESCAC and other top tier private schools. They are lucky to get into flagships and "second tier" SLACs.

That is pushing the next rung of kids "down" and so on.

There are simply too many top GPA, top SAT/ACT high EC kids applying to the same 50-75 schools.

The numbers bare this out. 14,000 kids applying to Amherst for the same 400 seats. 85,000 kids applying to Michigan for the same 8000 seats. If you are out of state wanting to go to Michigan, the percentage is about the same as many of the very elite schools.

10 years ago, Michigan was a 30% school OOS. 25 years ago, it was a 50% school OOS.[/quote]

Same. The increasing app numbers don't lie.  To add anecdotally, lots of rejection among the super-high stat kids at my kid's nationally recognized magnet. Not sure how OP can draw this conclusion. She is just a pot stirrer.[/quote]
To get away from anecdotes, where are the top 3,4,5 percent actually going to school?   [/quote]

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