We build agent-based models of US college admissions—so students can see how the system actually behaves before they apply.
Admissions stats, yield management, and what really happens inside admissions offices.
Feeder school effects, extracurriculars, and what student profiles actually win admits.
How students choose colleges, build lists, and respond to financial aid.
Application inflation, cross-admit patterns, post-SFFA demographics, and financial aid.
How selective admission went from a handshake to a sub-5% lottery — the policy, demographic, and market forces that compressed acceptance rates over eighty years.
The unwritten mechanics — hooks, institutional priorities, and shaping a class — that decide who actually gets in.
Inside the reader rubric: academic index, ratings, and the additive logit the simulation is built on.
When a student is admitted to several schools, where do they actually go — and what that reveals about prestige.
See what eighty years of admissions data says about your chances.
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