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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I started following UrbanBaby (now defunct NYC version of DCUM) 12 years ago and EVERY year the college admissions posts referenced a “bloodbath.” Test optional has obviously changed the process and increased numbers of applicants, but really it hasn’t changed all that much[/quote]

Acceptance rates are literally half what they were just 2 years ago, and the number of urm, and first Gen has doubled.  Even if you believe in those institutional priorities (which I do), that’s a substantial decline in the number of slots available for white and Asian umc students.[/quote]

Those acceptance rates two years ago, were half of what acceptance rates were four years ago. And so on. [/quote]

College enrollments peaked in 2010 at 18m undergrads and dropped to 16m undergrads in 2020. What those acceptance rates just mean is that kids are applying to more places. But there are fewer kids applying each year, so things are actually “getting better” over time.[/quote]

+1 also slots are growing, although very slowly. Less total undergrads plus slightly more slots, should be making it slightly easier overall. Also regarding FGLI, there are more of them because of past immigration rates thus the small increase consistent with there demographic size.[/quote]

Actually a number of schools took smaller classes this year because of over enrollment issues in the past two years.

Also, it is false that there are fewer kids applying, the article up thread indicates both total number of applicants and total number of applications are up this year, by a significant amount [/quote]

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