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I see the issue with that question and I say this as a grad by wpkirish
who is the son of a grad and all siblings attended who recgnizes my sons will not attend.
Lets stipulate that priobably 95% of the kids who were denied admission are every bit as qualified as the kids who were admitted. The University is choosing from the best of the best. My oldest is at a private non-Catholic HS which equates to 20% of the admits which means like 700 kids in country. That is a pretty damn small pool.
The bigger issue is that all the schools have gone through similar "growth". What once were considered safety schools now have very competitive admissions similar to ND in the 1980's so parents are now stressing about getting into even those schools.