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limner
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Posted: Sun Mar 9th, 2008 12:37 pm |
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All about the demographics and how they will affect college admissions.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/09/education/09admissions.html?_r=1&ref=education&oref=slogin
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http://tinyurl.com/2yan3g
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CarolynLawrence
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Posted: Sun Mar 9th, 2008 09:07 pm |
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Your daughter should be in good shape, Limner. 
One thing that this article forgot to mention is that, at present, even in this supposedly "hyper-competitive" admissions frenzy, the national average acceptance rate for all colleges is still 70%. There is no shortage of seats in college classrooms for anyone who wants to attend college, even with the large bulge in college-aged kids right now.
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limner
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Posted: Sun Mar 9th, 2008 09:17 pm |
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LOL, Carolyn. I was doing some math while reading that article too. 
Although they did say in the article that the number of HS seniors will go down until 2015, which is her year of graduation from HS (how sick is it that I already know her HS grad year?)
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Deja
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Posted: Mon Mar 10th, 2008 10:36 am |
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Limner, my youngest son is also hs Class of 2015.
"at present, even in this supposedly "hyper-competitive" admissions frenzy, the national average acceptance rate for all colleges is still 70%. There is no shortage of seats in college classrooms for anyone who wants to attend college, even with the large bulge in college-aged kids right now."
Yes, this is true, but for many kids like my son, assurances like the above don't really matter. While he (may be!) applying to only a few elite colleges (what is the definition of elite, anyway...what acceptance rate means "elite"?), the trend in their increasing selectivity is quite obvious.
And then there's the affordability issue, also. We don't have unlimited funds for college like some kids have, so the finaid piece (grants not loans, please) is going to be a big piece of the puzzle for my son next year.
Yes, my son could go to the huge majority of colleges in the country, but that isnt really the issue with him.
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Northeastmom
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Posted: Mon Mar 10th, 2008 12:14 pm |
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| Deja, You might be interested in the article I posted about population changes. Last edited on Mon Mar 10th, 2008 12:17 pm by Northeastmom
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Posted: Mon Mar 10th, 2008 12:38 pm |
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Thank you, Northeastmom. I just read it.
Because it dovetails so nicely with the first article posted in this thread, I'll link it here, too:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/09/AR2008030902065.html
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