Re:Interest surges in top colleges, while struggling ones sc...
by intended on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @08:00PM
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No its not - If you read the article
> The Common App’s data does not include community colleges because they typically allow anyone to enroll. But those schools, which often provide low-income students a first step into higher education, also saw steep declines. In the fall of 2020, freshmen enrollment fell by more than 20 percent.
The two trends in the article are a 17% increase in applications for the most selective institutions and a 20% drop for community colleges.
The Times uses weasel words here
>some selective schools saw big increases from students who are typically underrepresented at elite institutions. The University of California, Berkeley, received 38 percent more applications from Black, Latino and Native American hopefuls than in 2019.
Meaning only some selective institutions, the Berklely increase in applications was because they waived the standardized test.
Knowing application patterns this is bad news - it means that poorer people, especially undergrads have not applied this year.
It is unlikely that those same people just turned around and applied to Cornell. I argue that the increase in apps to elite institutions is from people who left the workforce from good jobs. They are making a strategic move to weather the COVID storm and come out on the other side better off.
> The Common App’s data does not include community colleges because they typically allow anyone to enroll. But those schools, which often provide low-income students a first step into higher education, also saw steep declines. In the fall of 2020, freshmen enrollment fell by more than 20 percent.
The two trends in the article are a 17% increase in applications for the most selective institutions and a 20% drop for community colleges.
The Times uses weasel words here
>some selective schools saw big increases from students who are typically underrepresented at elite institutions. The University of California, Berkeley, received 38 percent more applications from Black, Latino and Native American hopefuls than in 2019.
Meaning only some selective institutions, the Berklely increase in applications was because they waived the standardized test.
Knowing application patterns this is bad news - it means that poorer people, especially undergrads have not applied this year.
It is unlikely that those same people just turned around and applied to Cornell. I argue that the increase in apps to elite institutions is from people who left the workforce from good jobs. They are making a strategic move to weather the COVID storm and come out on the other side better off.