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Do you have a source for this claim?

Everything I have read from third party sources state a 44% acceptance rate, I have even read a 39% acceptance rate for 2024. I haven't read anything or seen any third-party publication state that Auburn has an 80% plus acceptance rate

Plus I can tell you from personal experience that Auburn is not as easy to get into as it once was

Well, I don't have a source or any such thing, but we can do some deductive reasoning.

First, let's get one thing straight.

The overall acceptance % is NOT going to depend on how high your standards are. The actual % number itself is just about how many people applied vs how many students you can let in.

And the number of people who apply can depend on multiple factors. Such as the odds they believe they can get in. For example, most people aren't going to apply to Harvard. So again it's nothing to do with academic standards.

Now, as for the specific claim about what Auburn is doing. Given the above, and the fact that Alabama and Auburn admit somewhat similar amounts, with Alabama allowing in a few more, there are only 2 possible ways for Auburn to get that number. One is that Auburn for some reason gets twice as many people who apply than Alabama. The other is that Auburn is giving a number which doesn't reflect the full amount of people who apply, which would be as he said - only counting the early acceptance.

Which of those 2 is it? I do not know. But I do know anyone claiming that it's somehow a reflection of Auburn's high entrance standards doesn't know what the frick they are talking about.

This post was edited on 4/5/24 at 6:13 am