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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The only obstacle is that there are not enough seats for all of the qualified students who want to attend. Unless colleges want to address that (and I can't say that they do -- it would certainly change a lot about campus life, class size, facilities, etc.) this is how it's gonna be.[/quote]

OP - yes I have been reading about that recently - the auS has far fewer slots for well ranked colleges than in many other countries.

So is it accurate to categorize your response as the only reform needed is to create more universities or to expand programs within existing universities to allow more students to enroll? [/quote]

No, that does not reflect my opinion at all. My response is that people need to stop being prestige whores and shift their focus away from the T50 or so schools and apply to the roughly 4,000 colleges that accept the majority of their applicants.

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Why isn't that prestige shaming equally foisted upon the applicants who require financial assistance, too? Isn't it enough to have all financial needs met without also dictating where you attend?[/quote]

Majority of schools that "meet full financial NEED" are in the T50.  So the really smart, motivated kids with high financial need smartly give it a go to try to get into a school that "fully meets financial need".   Schools ranked 120 are not typically meeting full financial needs, so for those kids it's either "elite school meeting need" or CC/lOcal state U that they can work 20 hours/week to be able o afford[/quote]

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