Nation's elite schools grow more selective

By John Mitchell
The Dartmouth Staff
Published on Wednesday, April 6, 2005

Ivy League institutions mailed out a record number of dreaded thin envelopes this week for the Class of 2009.
Meanwhile, schools across the Ancient Eight reported that the qualifications of their accepted students broke virtually every record in the books, including SAT scores so high that the test may have lost significance in decisions.
Although the number of high- quality applications continues to rise, the number of first-year spots at top schools has remained nearly unchanged, and acceptance rates have plummeted.
While Dartmouth's final acceptance rate -- including both early and regular admissions -- hit an all-time low of 16.8 percent, it still pales in comparison to the rates of some peer institutions.

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