Fueled by a combination of the population bulge, the ease of applying to colleges online, and students submitting larger number of applications in their quest for admission, current perception is that it’s harder than ever to get into college.

While the most selective colleges are harder to get into as their acceptance rates demonstrate, on average, four-year colleges and universities accept 70 percent of the students who apply to their schools.

This and a long list of informative findings were just released in the National Association for College Admission Counseling’s 2006 State of College Admission Report.

While I couldn’t bring myself to read the entire report, I did turn the executive summary into a true or false quiz so you could see if you had some boning up to do.

If you get 20 correct you’re Invincible; 19-16 correct you’re Illustrious, 15-11 correct you’re Informed, 10-6 correct, Imaginative; 5-4 correct, Ivy-Challenged; 3-2 correct, Intractably Isolated; 1-0 correct, Intoxicated.

Good luck and no pressure since no one is going to know your score unless you get them all right.

Seventy-three percent of colleges reported that the number of applications had increased from the previous year. (True or False)

Both high school graduates and college enrollments are expected to increase until at least 2014. (True or False)

Among colleges that offer Early Decision admission, 58 percent reported an increase, up from 37 percent the year before. (True or False)

Among colleges that offer Early Action admission, 80 percent reported an increase, up from 56 percent the year before. (True or False)

The top factors in the admission process are grades in college prep courses, standardized admission tests, and overall grade point average. (True or False)

Class rank, application essay, and teacher recommendations placed fourth, fifth and sixth in the admission process, while a student’s demonstrated interest in attending an institution was a key “tip” factor. (True or False)

With growing concern over grade inflation, lack of class rank information, and differences in high school transcripts, about half of all colleges “recalculate” high school GPAs. (True or False)

In 2005, (this is the 2006 State of College Admission Report) more than three million students graduated from high school. (True or False)

Slightly more than 60 percent of all high school graduates applied to and enrolled in postsecondary education. (True or False)

On average, the ratio of applications to admission officers at public colleges and universities is 683:1. (True or False)

On average, the ratio of applications to admission officers at private colleges and universities is 279:1. (True or False)

A student’s likelihood of being admitted from the wait list was about 1 in 3 (on average, 35 percent of the students on wait lists were admitted). In the previous year, 27 percent of wait-listed students were admitted. (True or False)

On average, colleges and universities spend about $442 to recruit each applicant. (True or False)

Sixty-eight percent of colleges reported that marketing and public relations were the most important professional qualifications for chief enrollment officers at their institutions. (True or False)

Public schools are five times more likely to use class rank than private schools. (True or False)

About 70 percent of high schools in the U.S. rank students according to grade point averages. (True or False)

Nearly 40 percent of high school counselors reported that the lack of information about financial aid, and the lack of sufficient aid, had discouraged students from attending postsecondary education. (True or False)

Thirty-seven percent of all undergraduates rely on federal grant aid, such as the Pell grant, to help pay for college. (True or False)

Women submitted 58 percent of college applications compared to 42 percent for men. (True or False)

Colleges received 49 percent of all applications online, an increase of 43 percent from the year before. (True or False)

If you answered “True” for each and every question you’re Invincible, you got a perfect score – sorry there’s no College Bowl for you to go on to help pay for the excruciating cost of the four-year beer bash.