To the Editor:
As parents of a graduate of the class of 2000, who is currently an MBA candidate at Fairfield, and of a student in the class of 2006, we were dismayed when we learned that Fairfield’s acceptance rate this year was close to 75 percent.
Our fear is that Fairfield’s reputation is going to be diminished and that high school seniors will look at Fairfield as a safety instead of a target or reach school.
We are concerned that it will become a vicious cycle since this is the second year in a row that the acceptance rate has gone up and fewer applications have been submitted.
We are afraid that the caliber of the students coming in will drop because Fairfield is showing itself to be a less selective school. When high school students and their parents look at school descriptions, they will notice that Fairfield’s admittance rates have jumped considerably, especially after having been at under 50 percent for three consecutive years.
In addition, the larger student body will clearly impact student life on campus.
We hope that Fairfield will reevaluate their admissions criteria in years to come.
Sincerely,
Dr. and Mrs. Philip Cooper
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