Of the eight colleges in the Ivy League, Dartmouth and Brown were the only two that saw their applications numbers decrease this year -- Dartmouth's dropping much more significantly than Brown's.
Dartmouth's numbers dropped nearly 5 percent while Brown's only dropped 1.4 percent.
According to Dean of Admissions Karl Furstenberg, the drop occurred because of "a sense among high school students that it is impossible to get into Ivy-quality schools," by Dean of Admissions Karl Furstenberg.
More important than the percentage decreases between Dartmouth and Brown are the actual numbers of applications received by the two colleges.
Dartmouth, with roughly the same size of freshmen class as Brown University, received approximately half the number of applications Brown got.
Brown saw 16,560 applications come through the mail; only 9,700 were seen at Dartmouth -- the only school in the Ivy League to receive fewer than 10,000 applications.
Atleast five of the other Ivy League colleges saw increases in their applications.
Yale University saw the most significant leap in applications this year, receiving 14 percent more than last year, the Daily Pennsylvanian reported recently.
Cornell and Columbia universities saw 6.4 and 3.4 percent increases, respectively.
Harvard's applications went up this year by 1.7 percent, while the University of Pennsylvania's numbers were up 1.4 percent.
Numbers were not available for Princeton University.
Despite the drop in applications, Furstenberg maintained that he is "happy with the quality and diversity of the pool," and that "things are looking very strong, despite fewer applicants."
