What has actually changed in elite selection?
The current governed corpus does not yet support a robust comparative answer. Who Gets In? currently records zero genuine before-and-after longitudinal pairs that meet its comparability standard. We therefore do not turn newer webpages, changed wording, broken links, different programmes or newly discovered old information into a claim that selection itself has changed.
Denominator
Zero governed longitudinal pairs currently meet the required standard of a previous source and date, a current source and date, the same comparable programme or selection scope, and a material evidenced difference.
What this does not show
It does not mean elite selection has not changed. It means the current public evidence base is not yet strong enough to attribute a comparable change without overstating what the sources establish.
What would change this answer
A future finding requires a genuinely comparable before-and-after pair for the same institution, programme, market and selection feature, with dated primary-source evidence showing a material difference.
Evidence route
Answerability record · Global Selection Atlas · Methodology · Source register
How to cite
Who Gets In? (Elite Careers Strategy), What has actually changed in elite selection?, revised 13 September 2026, https://www.accessecs.com/who-gets-in/questions/what-has-changed-in-elite-selection/