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Re:More than 1M fewer students are in college, the lowest nu... by ngc248 on Thursday January 13, 2022 @12:00PM (#29923199)
How many people are getting into selective schools? It cant be more than a few thousands, so indeed there are opportunities for those who go to non-selective schools. It depends in the end.

Problem is we always keep hearing about these selective schools in the media and that colours out perception a lot. Of course try as much as possible to get into a selective school, but if one is unable to, there are still opportunities.

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Re:More than 1M fewer students are in college, the lowest nu... by treis on Thursday January 13, 2022 @12:20PM (#29923537)
>How many people are getting into selective schools? It cant be more than a few thousands,

Much more than that. The ivy league admits ~20k a year. That number jumps to a few hundreds of thousands if you extend to flagship state schools & the Dukes, Northwesterns, and Stanfords of the world.

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