Wait. What?

An article in the New York Times discusses admissions into top universities for fall 07. Apparently, demographics and the common application may have contributed to a record number of applicants at Ivy and equivalent schools, which in turn is leading to lower admission rates. Harvard, for example, turned down 1,100 applicants with a perfect 800 on the Math section of the SAT's. Somehow the Great Wiki Karmel doubts he would have gotten into Wash U today. I did enjoy this quote though:

“The successful students have to have shown some passion for science and technology in high school or their personal life,” Ms. Perry [of Cal Tech] said. “That means creating a computer system for your high school, or taking a tractor apart and putting it back together.”