Originally Posted by 22B
It's just X/Y where X stayed the same and Y got bigger. Nothing to see here folks, move along.

Sort of, but not really. The college admissions arms race has drastically changed the composition of the top chunk of students. So it's very different. A generation ago, you didn't have to do umpteen activities and have perfect grades and perfect or near-perfect SAT scores to get in.

Last edited by Val; 04/08/14 02:27 PM.