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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, you are really concerned about[b] at most 5% of US schools. [/b]Why would the public and colleges in general care about low admit schools? Also, the current system works for highly selective schools. [/quote]

I'm not OP, but I don't think your 5% is true at all.  Many schools that were once "safeties" are now getting difficult to get into.  Schools like UMD, JMU, U South Carolina, Auburn are all schools I've seen posted about here, or experienced with  my own kids'/their friends.[/quote]

UMD is part of the top 5% of schools. If you live in MD or VA, there are many choices that many in-state students could attend. Why should UMD or JMU or the state governments care that the admit rates have gone down? There are enough overall seats in both states to serve in-state students at the network of 4-year public institutions.  Also, the other safeties you mention are public schools that meant to serve their in-state students first. U of SC, Auburn, Clemson, etc. have no incentive to change their admission policies to cater to out-of-state students. [/quote]

UMD is in the top 5%?  That surprises me (I'm not trying to be snarky.)     And I'm not saying that the state government should "care" about anything--I'm just saying that this "race to 3% admission rates" (which this whole thread is about) involves many more schools than just the top 5%.   [/quote]

Yes.  There are ~4000 4 year institutions in the USA.  5% is 200.  UMD is easily in the Top 200 schools in the country.  THat's the point---most people are only looking at the Top schools and complain when their kid doesn't get in.  But there are plenty of great schools, they just don't want to look at them. The sheer fact most don't realize all the schools routinely discussed on DCUm are T200/top 5% explains the issue.  Over focus on needing the "top/elite" schools to take their kid.[/quote]

+1 even if you only consider the approx. 1500 schools ranked by USNews, the T200 schools on the national list, plus the top 100 SLACs and top 100 regional/comprehensive schools, we are still talking about the top 10% of colleges.

Is there anyone with a kid on this board that didn't get into any of those schools?? Didn't get into any in-state public? Your child can only attend 1 school. The only time when the government, the general public, and institutions collectively agree that the admissions system is a problem is when we get to a point where kids can't get into any public 4-yr in their state and top 5% of the 3500 schools in the US. [/quote]

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