Sunday's Doonesbury- Acceptance Rate

[n2doc]

[FlatBaroque]

1. I believe that higher education in the US

headed towards major distortions when US universities started to export education. By courting Asians, for example, they found a fresh, unlimited source of funds. Walk around the campuses of many of our colleges and Universities, you might think you were in Beijing or Bombay. So where does that leave an American student who cannot afford the tuition?

[Gidney N Cloyd]

3. Foreign students at state universities pay more. It helps keep in-state tuition down.

As for American students getting accepted, if you've got the grades and the side accomplishments, you're in. If not you go with your safety school.

[n2doc]

4. Nowadays, unless you have your act together from day 1 of high school (or earlier)

You can forget going to even a top state school. Your "safety" school will be a former community college that has expanded to handle the increased numbers of students. The Population of the US has gone up a lot, but without a corresponding increase in Universities.

[FLPanhandle]

5. Yep

I couldn't get into my alma mater (UF) if I graduated now.

I was proud my daughter made it in, but she has been a straight A student since elementary school and scored well on all her tests. Even then it wasn't a sure thing.

Even the B school in our state (FSU) is harder to get into than my school was 30 years ago.

[lumberjack_jeff]

6. Keeping the tuition down for the minority of americans accepted to the school

isn't a great benefit.

Particularly when the foreign students who got in by bidding higher are subsequently awarded H1B visas.

[Gothmog]

2. Great cartoon