You have to realize colleges are businesses too. They are in it to make money. They need higher student counts in order to rake in cash. Anyone else trying to t

You have to realize colleges are businesses too. They are in it to make money. They need higher student counts in order to rake in cash. Anyone else trying to tell you otherwise, is a salesman. My university did this 4 years ago because they needed a large influx of students to start paying off loans for new buildings etc... SAT score requirements were super low. No application essay required or test that needed to be taken. Our school went from 15k to 36k within 4 years where each student is paying on average 3k a semester. Do the math, the amount of cash going in is disgusting. Not to mention grants. Anecdotes aside, I completely agree that high school has failed due to lovely legislation, etc... And parents should also be held liable for their children's behavior and education. Each generation's children should be more educated than the former.