Comments on: Applying to College Is Akin to Death http://www.cottontimer.com/2007/11/30/applying-to-college-is-akin-to-death/ Love, Laughter, and Madness Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:26:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: KathyF http://www.cottontimer.com/2007/11/30/applying-to-college-is-akin-to-death/#comment-371746 KathyF Tue, 11 Dec 2007 20:23:17 +0000 http://www.cottontimer.com/2007/11/30/applying-to-college-is-akin-to-death/#comment-371746 Liz, things have changed a lot since 2002--schools have gotten a lot tougher, according to a NY Times article a few weeks ago. There are just too many kids with top stats applying to too few colleges. Supply and demand. Which is why kids feel compelled to apply to more schools, to even the odds they might get into one. I am so glad that now that Daughter Number Two is ensconced in college, I have no more essays to read! Our holidays will be so much more enjoyable without deadlines hovering over us! Liz, things have changed a lot since 2002–schools have gotten a lot tougher, according to a NY Times article a few weeks ago.

There are just too many kids with top stats applying to too few colleges. Supply and demand. Which is why kids feel compelled to apply to more schools, to even the odds they might get into one.

I am so glad that now that Daughter Number Two is ensconced in college, I have no more essays to read! Our holidays will be so much more enjoyable without deadlines hovering over us!

]]> By: mdmhvonpa http://www.cottontimer.com/2007/11/30/applying-to-college-is-akin-to-death/#comment-354859 mdmhvonpa Mon, 03 Dec 2007 17:31:00 +0000 http://www.cottontimer.com/2007/11/30/applying-to-college-is-akin-to-death/#comment-354859 Remember ... at 17, college is IT! The next logical step. That, or your life is 'over'. Ergo, death. I applied to 1 school. I got in. 100% LIFE! Riiiight. Remember … at 17, college is IT! The next logical step. That, or your life is ‘over’. Ergo, death. I applied to 1 school. I got in. 100% LIFE! Riiiight.

]]> By: Liz D. http://www.cottontimer.com/2007/11/30/applying-to-college-is-akin-to-death/#comment-352889 Liz D. Sun, 02 Dec 2007 17:52:10 +0000 http://www.cottontimer.com/2007/11/30/applying-to-college-is-akin-to-death/#comment-352889 speaking with some authority here as the darling daughter went through the college app process last year -- well, if you have your heart set on Brown, or any of the other highly-selective universities, the odds <i>are</i> daunting. But there are hundreds and hundreds of very good colleges and universities that Oh,and in chatting with admissions officers, the top # of simultaneous admissions (# of schools applied to) 35. That's just insane. Some very good schools: Clark: 68% acceptance in 2002 Claremont McKenna 27% in 2002 Tufts 29% in 2002 Towson 58% in 2002 and so on. speaking with some authority here as the darling daughter went through the college app process last year — well, if you have your heart set on Brown, or any of the other highly-selective universities, the odds are daunting.

But there are hundreds and hundreds of very good colleges and universities that

Oh,and in chatting with admissions officers, the top # of simultaneous admissions (# of schools applied to) 35. That’s just insane.

Some very good schools:

Clark: 68% acceptance in 2002
Claremont McKenna 27% in 2002
Tufts 29% in 2002
Towson 58% in 2002

and so on.

]]> By: Cottontimer http://www.cottontimer.com/2007/11/30/applying-to-college-is-akin-to-death/#comment-352275 Cottontimer Sun, 02 Dec 2007 11:01:44 +0000 http://www.cottontimer.com/2007/11/30/applying-to-college-is-akin-to-death/#comment-352275 Jul, You're special no matter where you went to school. ;) I think comparisons to death should come AFTER starting college, not before. haa Jul, You’re special no matter where you went to school. ;)

I think comparisons to death should come AFTER starting college, not before. haa

]]> By: Jul http://www.cottontimer.com/2007/11/30/applying-to-college-is-akin-to-death/#comment-348781 Jul Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:49:26 +0000 http://www.cottontimer.com/2007/11/30/applying-to-college-is-akin-to-death/#comment-348781 I went to Brown! Does that make me special? :) I have no idea what the acceptance rate was way back in my day, but I'm pretty sure comparisons to death were not part of the admissions process... I went to Brown! Does that make me special? :)

I have no idea what the acceptance rate was way back in my day, but I’m pretty sure comparisons to death were not part of the admissions process…

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