[nascarnation]

America’s next legion of elites.
Bow down and offer worship you serfs....

[Paladin2]

The answer is online learning.

[Ethan Clive Osgoode]

the most selective colleges are, inevitably, rejecting a vast majority, including legions of students they once would have accepted.

They need to make room for all those chinese and muslim foreign students.

[BeadCounter]

The more elite, maybe the more liberal.

Hence, these colleges may well be very discriminating.

[Political Junkie Too]

Kids are probably applying to more universities than before, without regard to whether they can afford that school.

-PJ

[Night Hides Not]

Mr. Madrid, 18, got a taste of how random the results can seem. He was among the 95 percent turned away by Stanford, but he got into Yale, which he plans to attend, and he admitted having no real insight into the reasons for either decision.

I see a six-figure student loan debt in this young man's future.

[Parmy]

When one looks at the accomplishments of the graduates of these institutions, especially in government, one has difficulty regarding these schools as elite institutions.

[IronJack]

My daughter applied to Pomona. Straight-A student, church group leader, blah blah blah. Denied.

I don’t know what these diploma factories are looking for but I’ll guarantee that if I were college-aged, I’d tell them to stuff it. A prestigious degree might open a few more doors at the beginning of your career, but it dwindles in importance as times goes on.

Do you have any idea what colleges your workmates attended? Do you care?

[Grampa Dave]

NY Slimes wants more affirmative action at all levels.

The son of a friend was just accepted at Stanford and was turned down by Yale and Georgetown.

A brilliant female jock, daughter of another couple was turned down at Stanford last year and accepted at an Ivy league school.

Both of these young people have never seen a grade below an A. They are well rounded young people, who know how to communicate with adults on an adult to adult level.

Both had a parent who was graduated from Stanford.

Some of the universities start recruiting when the potential students are still in junior high/intermediate levels. A younger female relative, a freshman this year has had several invited trips to a major and very selective university out here.

[DeFault User]

A budget strategy is to get two years of community college, then go to State University, blow the GRE out of the water and enroll in
a namebrand graduate school for your final degree.

[BlueStateRightist]

“...Stanford University accepted only 5 percent of applicants, a new low among the most prestigious schools...”

And if you’re a white male you have a better chance of starting for the Miami Heat than getting into Stanford or any Ivy League college.

[RoosterRedux]

Well, there are at least 20 tops schools if not more and if they each take 5% of the “best and brightest,” 100% of the “best and brightest” get into great, world class schools.

[ken5050]

At many top-tier schools, the admissions office is a PROFIT center. I remember, 15 years ago, my oldest daughter applied to Williams, for early admission. The application fee then was $100. The letter came back, denied her early admission.....( here's the key part).."we received 11,549 applications for a class of 753. We've accepted 349 for early admission. Yours will now go into a pool for consideration for regular admissions..)

Everyone is in "shock" at the number of apps they receive, but DO THE MATH!!!

11,549 x $100 = $1,115,490

That That's a lot of scratch.So, they have to hire a few grad students at $10/hour to stack,and arrange the files..print the rejection letters, and pay the postage..90% of apps received don't survive the first cut...for whatever criteria....maybe that costs $15,000, MAX..they CLEAR well over a million...they have NO incentive to try and reduce the number they receve.

[FreeReign]

Deluged by more applications than ever, the most selective colleges are, inevitably, rejecting a vast majority, including legions of students they once would have accepted. Admissions directors at these institutions say that most of the students they turn down are such strong candidates that many are indistinguishable from those who get in.

What's the problem here?

"Selective" colleges aren't cutting back on the number of students they except.

There of course isn't a problem.

I sense the feds want to be more involved with admissions selection process and this NY Time non story is just the start.

[dfwgator]

"Sometimes you've got to say, "What the f---'"

[Some Fat Guy in L.A.]

Big whoop. Go to State U instead - you’ll pay a lot less and get a generally better “education”.