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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If they can read a graph, have them look at this blog post (the entire site is great, but this particular piece has stuck with me): https://www.highereddatastories.com/2022/10/yes-your-yield-rate-is-still-falling.html

You can enter any school to see specific data about that school. They're all pretty wild, but if you really want to make an impression, try Northeastern: in 2001, Northeastern had less than 15k applicants and a 70% acceptance rate. In 2021, there were more than 75k applicants and the admit rate was 18.4%. And of course, all the top 50 or 100 schools have become even more competitive in the past 2 years since this data was released. [/quote]

This example is probably a good one - even if NEU is gaming the system as some folks argue - as many older folks think of Northeastern as the commuter, coop school of yesteryear. When my kids were in MS, a college friend was talking about her HS DC's college tours. I couldn't imagine NEU given what the DC was interested in studying, but then I looked it up and began to realize how much the admissions world has changed.

It's not unusual to read on here two groups of folks - people who have DCs who are now in their late 20s and up with no recognition of how admissions has changed ("Buffy got into X, Y, and Z in 2010. Your DC must be dumb") and another group of parents with young DCs also with no idea how admissions has shifted. They got into T20s and they just don't get that the world is different from when they applied. Folks from both these categories will make these sweeping comments, then, when pressed, reveal they really know nothing about college admissions from ~2015ish on, especially the last 3 years.

OP, GL!

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