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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Skidmore[/quote]
Acceptance Rate:

2007 - 39%
2012 - 42%
2019 - 27%

Also wrong.

This information is out there.  Spend two minutes on google before you type.[/quote]

I have no idea about Skidmore, but percentages don't tell the whole story.

Schools do things to make applying easier like dropping fees, or dropping the essay, or taking the common app, and applications go up particularly from kids who are on the low end of their stat range.  Or they get a reputation as sometimes taking a chance on kids, and applications go up, so even if the profile of the accepted kids stayed

My kid goes to a school with a 50% acceptance rate.  But that's not because it's harder than schools with 70% acceptance rates.  It's because it's a school that does really well with low stats kids, so they get lots of applications from very very low stats kids, and kids with other complicating factors.  [/quote]

OK, so you're not going to use acceptance rate to judge admission difficulty.  What will you use then? [/quote]

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