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# [The Weekly VineDown: The Worst Performing Year in Student Search](https://go.collegevine.com/admissions/the-worst-performing-year-for-student-search-2023)

 Written by [José Mallabo](https://go.collegevine.com/admissions/author/josé-mallabo) | August 11, 2023

[VIDEO] 2023 was the worst-performing year in the 50+ year history of Student Search.

In this week's VineDown, Vinay Bhaskara joined Emily Smith to reveal how Search performed at nearly 100 colleges in 2023.

Watch below to see how funnel performance and cost per enrollment have degraded since 2018, and how your metrics compare to industry benchmarks.

 

 

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