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PoindexterOglethorpe

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5. Yes. That's a huge factor.

Reply to More_Cowbell (Reply #4)

Mon Mar 21, 2022, 12:15 PM

Mar 2022

I've long thought that the highly selective schools ought to just set whatever their minimum requirements are, and then do a lottery of all qualified applicants.

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Acceptance percentage is an idiotic statistic NQAS Mar 2022 #1

It does seem kind of silly Effete Snob Mar 2022 #3

The other thing is that students apply to vastly more PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2022 #2

The Common Application has a lot to do with that More_Cowbell Mar 2022 #4

Yes. That's a huge factor. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2022 #5