[lrg]

The university I attend is considered moderately competitive (~35% acceptance rate). Each year since the year I was admitted it has only gotten more difficult to receive automatic admission (top percentile students). The highly coveted classes at this university are reserved for students that require the course in order to graduate on time, because the demand is generally much higher than the supply of professors to fulfill that demand. This means you cannot take relevant courses across departments. I get the impression that these "elite" universities are busting at the seams and can barely cater to the influx of students they are receiving each year.

[lotsofpulp]

The type of university you attended is not what the article is referring to. Elite schools are usually categorized as within the top 10 or maybe 15 getting single digit acceptance rates of very well qualified students, and they are very well funded with class sizes of only a couple thousand. If a school is busting at the seams with additional students, I would say it’s not elite by definition.

[throway-]

Does it happen to be a certain school in Canada? Or California?

[lrg]

Texas