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   Jun 26, 2020 · 10 Ways College Admissions Has Changed. 1. Lower Acceptance Rates at Competitive Colleges and Universities. More young adults than ever attend college today. Between 1970 and 2017, the undergraduate enrollment in United States colleges more than doubled.

2. www.cultofpedagogy.com › college-admission-mistakes3 Surprising Reasons Students Don’t Get into Top Colleges

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   May 21, 2017 · 69: Three Surprising Reasons Students Don't Get into Top Colleges. 00:00:00. For many of our students, getting into a good college is a top priority. They work like crazy to get perfect grades, spend years enrolled in test-prep courses, and sign up for every extracurricular activity available. After all, this is what they have been advised to do.

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   How difficult is it to get into a selective school?

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   Is College Really Harder to Get Into Than It Used To Be?

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   Are top ranked colleges more competitive?

   • While some top-ranked colleges and state flagship universities have become more competitive, the majority of colleges across the nation have seen an increase in admission rates over the past 18 years. Overall, nearly 80 percent of ranked schools accept more than half of students who apply.

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   Which colleges have a lower acceptance rate?

   • Highly competitive colleges like Harvard, Yale, and Stanford have seen a dramatic increase in the number of applications received, resulting in an overall lower admittance rate. For example, the acceptance rate for Harvard’s 1995 freshman class was 11.8 percent; for this year’s incoming freshmen, the acceptance rate was 4.92 percent.

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4. prospect.org › education › selective-collegesHow Selective Colleges Heighten Inequality - The American ...

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   Dec 3, 2001 · How Selective Colleges Heighten Inequality. by Robert Reich. December 3, 2001. The Chronicle Review. Not long ago, the president of a prestigious university (not the one in which I now teach) was explaining his strategy to me. "We're very selective, but we need to become even more selective," he said. "Our SAT's are rising, but not as fast as I ...

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   Apr 4, 2014 · If schools that were once considered “safeties” now have admissions rates as low as 20 or 30 percent, it appears tougher to get into college every spring. But “beneath the headlines and ...

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   How Selective Colleges Heighten Inequality ... several institutions even more selective than the one he led. ... $63,524 when the household head had a two-year-college degree, 10 percent higher ...

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   Apr 16, 2019 · Between 2006 and 2016, the number of applicants to US medical schools increased by 35% (note change in number of applicants, not number of applications). In a different statistic covering different years, the number of people enrolled at medical school increased 28% from 2002 to 2017.

8. www.nytimes.com › interactive › 2017/08/24Even With Affirmative Action, Blacks and Hispanics Are More ...

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   Aug 24, 2017 · Years in which the total of the groups enrolled was less than 90 percent or more than 110 percent are excluded from the charts. Years in which any single group exceeded 100 percent are also excluded.