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Applications at Top Colleges Retreat Amid ‘Impossible’ Odds

Bloomberg Businessweek

January 19, 2012

lite U.S. colleges such as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Columbia University are experiencing a slowdown or drop in applications for freshman admission after years of record increases. Athletics programs, early-admission policies, competition for seats and other school-specific issues may be having a greater effect on student applications rates, counselors and admissions deans said. High school seniors are getting the message that it can be next to "impossible" to win a seat at these schools, said Jon Reider, head of college counseling at San Francisco's University High School.

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