Institutions with money and prestige are doing very well this year; those known for serving low-income students, not so much.

The other thing that is clear is that colleges that serve primarily low-income students are not doing well.

A few campuses with deadlines that come earlier in the year, like the University of California system, have released application totals, and they are up.

Many have admitted more students early than they have in the past.

Take the 23-campus California State University system, which is highly diverse and has a reputation for educating low-income and minority students well.

Its campuses educate students close to their homes (and many continue to live at home), which has been a factor in admissions this year.

Compare those statistics to those of the University of California system, which features campuses with impossible-to-get-into admissions stats.

Doan also noted that "initial highlights among California freshmen include a 12 percent increase in their applications over all, a 20 percent jump among African Americans and an 11 percent increase among Chicanx/Latinx students." The University of California -- some campuses by choice and others by court order -- is not considering SAT or ACT scores in this year's admissions process.

Harvard University admitted 747 students early, out of an early pool of 10,086.

Harvard also notes that 17 percent of students admitted early are the first in their families to go to college, up from 10 percent last year.

Brown University admitted 885 prospective students who applied early decision.

Yale University admitted 837 early-action applicants, from a pool of 7,939 applications, an increase of 38 percent and a record for the university.

Another university with a record for early decision was Duke University.

It admitted 840 students out of 5,036 who applied, a 16 percent increase in a year.

Johns Hopkins University also set a record for early decision, offering spots to 520 students out of a pool that was 11 percent larger than last year's.

More than 6,000 Georgians applied, and the university admitted 2,330 students.