Rethinking The Meaning Of Colleges' Low Acceptance Rates
"Cannon fodder" is the phrase that Amherst-admissions-officer-turned-college-counselor Willard Dix uses to describe the masses of high school students who apply by the tens of thousands to universities that accept as few as 5% of applicants. In a poignant piece on Forbes' website, Dix makes a vital point that is almost always overlooked by participants in the admissions frenzy. He notes that a low admission rate says nothing about the school's impact on students, and cites a