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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here's the same source updated for Class of 2022.

https://www.toptieradmissions.com/resources/college-admissions-statistics/ivy-league-admission-statistics-for-class-of-2022/[/quote]

And here is the data directly from the Ivy League.  Applications are WAY up from 4 years ago and % admitted falling significantly.  How is that not more selective?

http://www.thedp.com/article/2018/03/ivy-league-decisions-class-of-2022-penn-upenn-philadelphia-yale-university-harvard[/quote]

Frankly, it doesn't mean they are more selective on any margin that matters. I looked at Naviance and was stunned to see how many kids with credentials like my kid were applying to Harvard, Brown, and Penn.

My kid is a great kid, but not Harvard material. Anyone with his credentials who applied to these schools was throwing away money.  [/quote]

Exactly.  [/quote]

Thanks. I'm really perplexed by admissions.  In the end, the US has grown more than the number of slots, and more middle income and low income kids see elite schools as a possibility.  So, there should be some increase in selectivity since my generation (baby bust).  Beyond that, it may be that

a) admissions is more random, or
b) more applications per kid means lower acceptance rates,
c) some schools have become more or less popular

But that's really about it.

It is also the case that super-scoring decreases the signal to noise ratio.  This in turn increases randomness in admissions, which increases the optimal number of applications per kid, which decreases acceptance rates, and increases randomness...

But in the end, that doesn't make the entering class anymore qualified than the last one.
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