Record numbers of college applicants get turned down by Ivy League Schools

clipped from www.nytimes.com Harvard turned down 1,100 student applicants with perfect 800 scores on the SAT math exam. Yale rejected several applicants with perfect 2400 scores on the three-part SAT, and Princeton turned away thousands of high school applicants with 4.0 grade point averages. Needless to say, high school valedictorians were a dime a dozen. It was the most selective spring in modern memory at America’s elite schools, according to college admissions officers. More applications poured into top schools this admissions cycle than in any previous year on record. Schools have been sending decision letters to student applicants in recent days, and rejection letters have overwhelmingly outnumbered the acceptances.

As an educator who has dealt with the “Harvard Effect” where parents want to know how their 18 month-old infant can get into Harvard, this news is bad news. Blood pressure will soar, hair lines will recede quicker, aspirin sales will skyrocket, and the school counselor’s office will be flooded with phone calls for new appointments.

So what can you do to keep your hair from falling? Well, first, get Rogaine or a competing product, and then remember: it’s not just about the school, but whether the school’s a good fit for you (or your child). The same thing applies to college admissions as well.