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Admission growing tougher?

Monticello High School students Lauren Bicknell (from left), Sarah Culver and Scott Webster talk about their college application experience. The nation’s population of 18-year-olds is at an all-time high, making admissions all the more competitive.

Admission growing tougher?

It was a historically tough year for students applying to the nation’s elite universities.

05/17/08 1:07 AM

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