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I would guess Case Western received a spike in applications because they were relentless with the spam and junk mail for practically anyone who got an above average score on the SAT.
I would guess Case Western received a spike in applications because they were relentless with the spam and junk mail for practically anyone who got an above average score on the SAT.
Here's an article from the Case Newspaper. They went from visiting 300 selected high schools to 900, and TONS of emails.
Also, FYI, there is about $2 Billion worth of constructive and investment happening in and around campus right now. The area seriously looks ten times better (known as "University Circle")
Selective only means that they do not admit everyone who applies.
No big whop.
In a way, I guess so. But most of these schools don't have the capacity to just "let everyone in," including physical Dorm buildings, dinings halls, faculty, etc.
Case Western Reserve University, for example, only has enough Dorms for about 1000 incoming Freshman...meaning they can only let in about 1100-1200 students. Case had 13,300 applicants.
Other Universities have even higher ratios.
It's just mathmatically impossible to let in that many, so the University gets the luxury and headache of selecting.
Pretty much golfgal, but there are other levels of selectivity - "less - selective' , and "non-selective"
as well as "open." Above that there is "very selective", "highly selective" and "most selective"
A good example of "open" would be community colleges.
Most colleges fall into the "selective" range which pretty much means that if your average is a low "B", your board scores are passable and you have a few extra curricular and a teacher for a letter of recommendation you can get in. It gets tricky if for some reason lots of people apply to that school that year. That's where they excercise their selectivity - they will take a B+ student over one of the many B B- students.
That is all that is meant by competitive.
The reason why Harvard grads are so valued, is in large part because they are friends with other Harvard grads. It is not what you know it is who you know that counts, and generally speaking you tend to meet the right people at elite schools.
That and they are smarter than 99% of the population.
There are more prospective students today than there ever were...
And, it's easier to apply to several colleges at once. Waay back in the late 90's when I was applying it was still done by hand. Now applications are only taken online and "user friendly."
Before you had to request the college catelogue, then receive the application packet in the mail and then fill it out.
Today I can just visit the school's website in a nano second, read the info and apply (or skip to the next one). A student can probably fill out 3 in an hour in this day and age.
There are more prospective students today than there ever were...
And, it's easier to apply to several colleges at once. Waay back in the late 90's when I was applying it was still done by hand. Now applications are only taken online and "user friendly."
Before you had to request the college catelogue, then receive the application packet in the mail and then fill it out.
Today I can just visit the school's website in a nano second, read the info and apply (or skip to the next one). A student can probably fill out 3 in an hour in this day and age.
That might be the case for some, but that definitely wasn't the case for me and my fellow classmates. The sending applications online makes the process quicker for sure, but as a result, many schools require long and involved "supplements" to the regular application (like those on Common App, Apply Texas, etc.). I had to write 10 or so essays for applying to four universities.
Agreed. Applications are not as "cookie cutter" as they may seem with the common apps. Not to mention, more attention needs to go into submissions due to the immense rise of applications across the board and higher competition.
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