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Ivy League Logjam Trickles Down

Applications—and rejections—up at second-tier colleges

By Greg Atwan, Newser User

Posted May 16, 2007 2:12 PM CDT

(Newser) – Top-tier colleges are getting more applicants than ever, the Times reports, allowing a new class of schools to court—and reject—the overachievers increasingly turned away from the Ivy League. Universities like Bucknell, Colgate and Lehigh are tightening standards as students with top SATs and... Read full story »

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