This reminds me of an interesting personal anecdote about demographic realities vs perceptions. It's 1996 and I'm attending an information session for Universi

This reminds me of an interesting personal anecdote about demographic realities vs perceptions. It's 1996 and I'm attending an information session for University of Pennsylvania in my hometown. The presented asks at the start of the session: "Do we have any UPenn alums in the room?" Several folks get up and say "I was class of '67", "I was class of '68" etc. My first reaction was: "Wow, admissions rates at UPenn are something like 5%. These must have been some smart parents to get in back then." Little did I know (and which I found out later), admissions rates at UPenn in the 60's was around 50%. Why? Because Johnson cut all of the Eisenhower funding from the 50's so universities had to admit a ton more students to help cover the drop in funding. I bring up this story because it makes me stop and think about how young people today may be going through a totally different experience than I went through based on some factors totally outside of their control.