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501. The University of Impossible-to-Get-Into

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Why Didn't Elite Colleges Expand Supply?

The admissions rate at columbia was around about 30 %. When you look at harvard and stanford, it's closer to about four or five%. The students that are getting into these universities now are even more qual than when i was going to college. Maybe there just aren't enough qualified phd to teach a bigger pool of alete students.

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