European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 10, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Agazine naw Yurt Truk Jhu student on a Field trip co float Tom Pattona Otti Eera had 9xpocteda drop but applications Are rising. Good students rejected by increasingly selective schools by Deirdre Carmody new York times n the past Only Iho weakest students Woro rejected in Iho United slates by All inc colleges la which Hoy applied this year. Man1/ american students near Iho top of choir High school class have been devastated la Loam Ihal they have not Boon accepted any whore. The big news ski Ong the guidance Counselor n Ihal safeties arc no longer safeties said Thomas Anthony Dean of admission Al Colgate University in Hamilton n.v., using inc jargon Lor the Leas selective College on a student Lisl Many guidance Counselor Are finding themselves dealing with Tea Raul students and lending of i Calls from outraged Parent eager to blame bad advice that May to inc reason in same cases. Bui in the week alter most colleges sent out Noliti Calion letters interviews Wilh to Togg guidance officials Edu Uliuli Iai consultants and College admissions officers indicate that this has been a year of utter turmoil even worse than last year which was considered horrendous what inc experts find astonishing is Ihal Lor two straight years College applications in the United slates have increased when colleges expected a drop because of Trie decline in the number of 16-year-Olds admissions officers chill do not Quilo know what happened. Still it has become increasingly obvious that a College education is viewed More than Ever As a necessity Lor achieving the american dream. Accounts of experiences abound. Take these Loi instance a student in the top 10 percent of his class Al a Good Maryland High school had All a s and s a was Active in sports and had a combined Scholastic aptitude Tost score of 1360 out of a possible 1 Edo placing him in the top ranks of students nationally he was rejected by All Lour of the schools to which he applied Duke the University of Michigan lulls and Dartmouth. A senior was ranked in inc top Lilly of his class at now Trier High school in we Nylka. Iii., regarded As one of the most academically rigorous Public schools in the country his Scholastic aptitude test scores were Over 1300 and his achievement 105 5 averaged Over 600 in addition he was a Good swimmer and involved in several student Ali Vilics. The student applied to iwo try league colleges iwo selective smaller Eastern colleges and to Iho University of Michigan he was turned Down by an. Another senior. This one at a top new England prep school had won the school s Public speaking contest played varsity Lacrosse and had sat scores of just under 1200. He applied to eight selective colleges including Harvard Princeton and Westtyan. He was rejected by All. While it is too Early to Tell exactly what is happening this year or Why these air some Oltha impressions of those involved in College admissions More Young americans than Over before Are applying to colleges the College Board which administers the Scholastic split Udo Testa reports that 1,080.426 High school seniors look sats in 1987, an a percent increase Over Iho previous year which itself Rose by 2.4 percent. Colleges frightened by dire predictions a few years ago about the decline in 18-year-Olds, have increased their marketing efforts and recruited in areas where they were relatively unknown. This has brought in More applicants enabled colleges to be More geographically diverse and generally Hurt students from the East the usual majority in the selective College applicant poof. The increase in applications has enabled selective colleges to become even Moie selective. Colleges Ihal were normally considered Good places Tor b study nos took in Many More b plus students this year bumping b students to less rigorous colleges and so on Down the line. An increasing number of students Are being Pul on wailing lists. Just being in inc lop 10 percent of your High school class is no longer Good  said Anthony of Colgate which has had a 27 percent increase in applications in the last live years. Colleges Are forced to make finer and liner decisions. Subjective material like teacher recommendations is playing a greater  Anol Hor Factor is that colleges worry about choir own image. To be included