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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’ve heard anecdotes from professors there that there has been a decline in the quality I’d the student body and the tutoring halls are constantly filled.

I think the push to enroll non-privileged students has had consequences. The sad truth is that a privileged background (attentive parents with resources and excellent K-12 schools) tends to create strong students. So if you count “privilege” against an applicant and aggressively favor a lack thereof, you are not tilting your student body in the direction of academic preparedness. [/quote]

There is no doubt this is true.  My college roommate is now a professor at Princeton (and has been an Ivy professor for 12 years, across 3 schools). She says that many of the current kids are absolutely not as prepared as kids even 5 years ago.  It's "shocking."  However, they can (and do) catch most of these kids up.  Isn't it a good thing that smart kids from diverse backgrounds are being given this opportunity?

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I've heard this from profs at schools that are not nearly as selective too. I think the Covid dip is real and affected a large student population.[/quote]

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