Geez--just got an email from my alma mater (good ol' UCSD) and it said they admitted 17,151 freshmen for the coming year. I don't think there were that many students in total when I was there (and did I mention that when I went there I had to walk two miles to class uphill in the snow? These young whippersnappers today don't know how easy they have it...). The frightening thing is that even with larger admissions I still probably couldn't get in if I were applying now.