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Originally Posted by Low C Sharp
I think the shocking new admit rates at the Ivies and their peers are over-hyped. ~20 years ago, let's say the admit rate was 22%, and now it's 7%. In practice, for the vast majority of applicants, there's no practical difference between those two patterns. It was tough to get in then, it's tough now. Yes, the numbers look very scary, but this group of schools has been a long shot for almost all high schoolers since the 70s. Then as now, most freshmen meet their classmates and think, "I must have been the admissions mistake."
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The difference is that a lot of schools went to need-blind admissions, and made a huge effort to diversify their student body. Let's be honest, for kids from certain backgrounds, back in the day, 22% really meant something higher.
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