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Best Tech Colleges Are Harder Than Ever To Get In

Posted by timothy on from the use-a-catapult dept.

alphadogg writes "Results from the early application rounds at the nation's best technical colleges indicate that it will be another excruciatingly difficult year for high school seniors to get accepted into top-notch undergraduate computer science and engineering programs. Leading tech colleges reported a sharp rise in early applications, prompting them to be more selective in choosing prospective freshmen for the Class of 2017. Many colleges are reporting lower acceptance rates for their binding early decision and non-binding early action admissions programs than in previous years. Here's a roundup of stats from MIT, Stanford and others."

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  1. Big deal by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I already got my degree.

    Was it worth it?

    I have no idea. As I climb the hill I'm seeing all sorts of people with and without degrees at all levels.

  2. It All Depends On What Race You Are by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    For the Ivy League schools, being Asian American is makes it even harder because they implement soft quotas on them (around 20%) in the name of diversity.

    If you are a member of an underperforming race, then you stand a better chance, grades and test scores being equal.

    Fact.

  3. Ummm... by hondo77 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ...it will be another excruciatingly difficult year for high school seniors to get accepted into top-notch undergraduate computer science and engineering programs.

    Isn't it supposed to be excruciatingly difficult to get accepted into top-notch programs?

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  4. Re:"Reach" schools by elashish14 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Which is why it is shameful for anyone to measure the strength of a school based on the percentage of students admitted. I would think this is obvious. You want to judge an undergraduate institution? See what students are doing when they graduate, not when they're accepted. Or whether they make it graduation for that matter.

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  5. These are tech schools?? by elashish14 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    How do Harvard and Columbia make the list when UIUC, Berkeley, Michigan, Cornell don't?

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