Talk:College admissions in the United States
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[edit] Experimental Curriculums
"In addition, colleges such as Hampshire College, Beloit College, Pitzer College, Sarah Lawrence College, Bennington College, New College of Florida, and Reed College offer experimental curriculums."
Is this an exhaustive list? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.255.250.44 (talk) 06:12, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
[edit] 2007 rankings
This subsection should only be in articles that deal with college rankings, so I am removing it. 71.232.140.185 04:54, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
- I reverted this edit as the section is both notable (since it is a current event) and clearly related to college admissions. Please discuss on talk pages before reverting information which complies with Wikipedia policies. -Classicfilms 05:50, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Overview / List
Why are these sections needed? The Overview section now reads like a poorly written version of the Higher education in the United States article that distracts from the actual purpose of this article, and the List section is merely a link to the actual list. I propose deleting them and putting the Application process section below the lead. Also, a section on the history of the process in the U.S. and more flesh about how different colleges view it, not to mention the huge amount of controversy over the 'applications frenzy' is necessary.Classicalclarinet (talk) 14:44, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
[edit] No mention of competition?
As more and more young people are applying to college, the competition for admissions has increased greatly. I hear people say things like, "I would have never gotten into that school nowadays" because of the increase in applicants. This article (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/17/education/17admissions.html) from the NYtimes (Jan '08) makes some good points about increased admissions.
It points out that the population of college-aged people is swelling. In 2009 the largest group of high school seniors in this nation's history, 3.2 million are going to graduate.
It's now common for prospective students to apply to several schools. From the Nytimes article, "There was a time when kids applied to three or four schools, then to six or seven schools, and now, 10 or more is not uncommon,” said John Maguire, a higher education consultant."
I think this significantly increased compeition is highly notable and not even touched on here. It's a recent development, I feel sorry for kids now, more and more are going to college but less are accepted by the schools that they want to get into. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.167.40.9 (talk) 04:11, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
