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Students see heightened competition for colleges

The Bedard triplets, Richard, Andrew and Kevin are

Photo credit: David Pokress | The Bedard triplets, Richard, Andrew and Kevin are going through the college application process with lots of help from their mother Dr. Dawn Mellish. (Dec. 20, 2012)

High school seniors are applying to more colleges than ever, inflating the competition at all levels and heightening the suspense for students and admissions officials looking to fill spots in the next freshman class.

With the click of a mouse on the Common Application and other popular online forms, students are flooding multiple schools at once to hedge against the increasing unpredictability...

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