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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The state of college admissions today is quite shocking to me. I graduated high school in 2000, and I got accepted at some really impressive schools and so did my peers. My niece graduates from that same high school in a few weeks. Her GPA is higher than mine was PLUS she captained a Varsity team (I did not play a sport, nor did I hold a leadership position in any of my extracurricular clubs). She was rejected from schools in our home state that my friends and I scoffed at. I just can't believe the difference. [/quote]

It's a buyers' market vs. a sellers' market.  For Gen X parents, there was a huge college infrastructure that was created to educate Boomers, but many fewer students.  Lots of spots, not many students. Gen X had lots of choices because there weren't many of us.

The two generations after us are much larger than we were.  Our kids have to compete in a much larger cohort, but there aren't that many  more spots.  The schools can only ramp up the size of their classes so far. [/quote]

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