"competitive admission" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used when describing a process or situation in which a limited number of people are accepted or chosen out of a larger pool of applicants. Example: "The university's nursing program has a highly competitive admission process, with only 25 students accepted each year out of over 500 applicants."
He has his heart set on attending a state university that has a fairly competitive admission process.
Students go through a competitive admission process to attend the school on West 123rd Street, near Columbia University.
While getting into such schools was once taken for granted, all but a handful of the system's colleges now have a competitive admission process.
As such, it should adhere to the competitive admission process lest the quality of the student body, and consequently the quality of the educational process should diminish.
There are thousands of great students out there, but in the competitive admission world that we live in, having an option for students where they could indicate their interest but not be locked into the decision … seemed to us the very best of all possible worlds.
MOOCs allow anyone with an internet connection to enroll, providing great access to higher education — but they lack "exclusivity" (as in not being part of a carefully curated cohort, selected through a competitive admission process), which some participants thought could threaten the perceived value of course certification.
Ellington has an intensely competitive admissions process.
Given how much more competitive admissions have become, Mr. Sullivan said, the g.p.a.
The school has a highly competitive admissions process, and boys have to audition for a place.
The highly competitive admissions process for universities appears to be a driving force behind the tutor phenomenon.
Of the 250 who began in my MBA class, after a very competitive admissions process, only 113 graduated two years later.
