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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The only reliable metrics on this are application numbers and yield.  This thread seems to just be impressions people have based on the kids they know personally.  Just because your kid and his friends aren’t interested in a particular school or location or whatever is not an accurate measure of schools that have fallen out of favor. [/quote]

Number of applications isn't really reliable since schools can induce kids to apply even if they are not qualified (Chicago, Tulane, etc.).  Yield may be significant, but you can have a school like Caltech, which has a lower yield than MIT, but has a student body with stats that are every bit as impressive as MIT.  Caltech doesn't need as high of a yield to fill its class with super qualified kids.[/quote]

You make good points but these are still better metrics than someone’s impression that a certain school or geographic location or type of school has fallen out of fashion based on some kids they know. Even if they know a lot of kids in one area of the country who don’t like X, we still don’t know if f that is representative of any broader trend.  [/quote]

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