Like all other goods and services, college education is subject to the economic laws of supply and demand. From late in the last century until recently, college enrollment grew steadily and rapidly, sustained by the immense Millennial generation. Lately, however, … read more
Although altruism isn’t completely dead, people are, far more often than not, going to act in their self-interest. The administrators and faculties of colleges are as subject to this behavioral tendency as the rest of us are. This explains the … read more
Transferring to an Ivy League school is even more difficult than being accepted as a freshman applicant. For students who aspire to attend Princeton, for example, it hasn’t even been possible to transfer to the school in recent decades. The … read more
In a simpler time, each high school graduating class had one student as valedictorian and another student as salutatorian. In determining who these students were, high school administrators used the following straightforward process — the valedictorian was the student ranked … read more
Since its founding in the early 1950’s, the College Board has held that test prep courses don’t boost scores on its SAT exam significantly enough to justify their time and expense. The Board stated in 1955 that, “If the Board’s … read more
Last month, most highly selective colleges and universities announced their admissions rates for next fall’s freshman class. Many schools saw their rates decline to record lows, and a number of universities had admissions rates under 10%, including Stanford, Harvard, Princeton, … read more
The term “yield” in the college admissions field refers to the percentage of admitted students who elect to enroll in a particular college or university after they have been offered admission. It is simply the result obtained by dividing the … read more
Why do the admissions offices of Ivy League and other elite institutions seem so fixated on leadership as a required personality trait of their applicants? There are more than a few participants in the college admissions field who feel that … read more
Do you seek every possible advantage in your campaign for admission to a top-tier college? Of course you do! This can be relevant in the context of gender. Whether you’re male or female, there are ways to take advantage of … read more
There are interesting perspectives on the factors that have contributed to the upsurge in applications to elite institutions. But which theory best explains this phenomenon is less important than the bare fact that there’s been a significant spike in applications … read more
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