Are college admissions becoming more competitive?

Are college admissions becoming more competitive?

College admissions are definitely becoming more competitive. What has happened is as a result of population changes - the baby boomer generation's kids - there's a lot of people in that college demographic. In a lot of colleges the number of slots haven't changed, but there are more people applying. The advent of the internet has also made admissions more competitive. Ten years ago, that may have not have been the case, and now most applications are online so it's very easy for students to apply to many schools. There's something else, too, called the common application, which is at commonapp.org, that incorporates about 35 schools in this country. It was initially started to make the application process easier, where there is one application for a number of universities. The competitive nature in turn makes students apply to more schools, raising the competitive level of admissions further.