04-01-2017, 08:59 AM
Largest applicant pool in history was also a contributing factor in the lower rate. My big question is to what extent to students "at the top" is becoming a larger pool or whether it's just more kids applying who many not be qualified. probably some of both, but certainly the ease of applying online to colleges in general is contributing to the lower admission rates across the board. I haven't done the research (yeah, shame on me) but my guess is the average number of colleges each HS student applies to has gone up and continues to rise.