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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Where you unaware of the significant increase in applications since COVID? Did you think TO would have no effect on the applicant pool? Did anyone (e.g., college counselor) discuss yield projection for perceived "safety" schools? Do you consider the math/odds in applying to a school that accepts less than 20% of applicants? Did you discuss any of these issues with your kids before they applied? Or is it something else?

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So you acknowledge the system is broken and no one should expect it to be logical and therefore they shouldn’t complain?  Applicants can and should be angry.  It’s ridiculous that there’s no reliable way to predict chances of admission and people are right to be aggravated with a needlessly opaque and Byzantium system that protects and enriches these “non-profits.”  [/quote]

I agree entirely. The system should benefit the students, in that it should be transparent. Whatever selection criteria are used should be crystal clear and objectively measurable. Right now it benefits the colleges, and that's not how education is supposed to work. That's not how education works in other wealthy countries - over there, it's grades and test scores, period. No grade inflation, curriculae don't change much depending on which region of the country you're from, and usually there are mandatory national exams that help compare student profiles. Done. Social engineering is just not allowed. [/quote]

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