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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The game is not really rigged.  It is primarily about supply and demand with some math and perception or misperception on the part of parents and applicants.  There are about 4,000 colleges in the US with everyone chasing for the sake of argument the top 25 schools.  25/4000 = 0.00625 or less than the top 1% of schools.  Since a number of these schools have small student populations you may be looking at about 100K freshman slots in total.  Universities like it or not have needs, athletes, band members, development cases, gender balance, enough full pay to keep the school afloat, etc.  So you are down to say 60K seats.  Each year you have 75K students (top 5% of students) applying with 4.0+ GPAs and 1500/35+ on the SAT/ACT, so not everyone will fit.

Adjust expectations to the to 50-75 schools and most of those 75K kids have a shot at getting accepted.  Same goes for the rest of students applying every year, aim for realistic outcomes, or expect results consistent with playing the lottery. [/quote]

+1 it is not "rigged,"  but the colleges work hard not to disclose the numbers of essentially reserved seats nor the criteria they use to filter which applications get past 1 reading so I understand the frustration.  [/quote]

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