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Indeed, low acceptance rates are a failure metric. It indicates that the institution cannot meet demand and is leaving many in the community behind.

• nostrebored 11y ago
  That's a strange way to define failure. If you think that a student cannot make it through your curriculum why drain your available resources and waste their time? Should schools have sub curricula with different rigor?
  • jsprogrammer 11y ago
    I assume the acceptance rate is calculated only from those who meet the requirements. Why would you apply to a school you do not qualify for? I don't doubt it ever happens, but it would not account for the very low acceptance rates at many schools.
    • protomyth 11y ago
      Also, your talking about students from the state that graduated from state high schools. It would be a failure of the state educational system if they weren't qualified for college. Dealing with reality, most state colleges have a program to bootstrap students or it is heavily hinted they should attend community college for the first year or two to get their skills up.
    • nostrebored 11y ago
      Most people I knew applied to at least one college they knew they were not qualified for. People I met from other high schools did not realize the difference in rigor (which most colleges keep large amounts of data on) and thus had no metric to determine which school they should go to.