In light of the testing cancelations caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, each of the eight Ivy League universities has announced test-optional policies for applicants to the Class of 2025. SAT or ACT scores along with SAT Subject Tests will not be required for rising seniors applying to college next year, …
Recently, we wrote a blog that shined a lantern on an article in The Forward by Mitchell Bard entitled “It’s Time for Harvard to Reckon with Its Anti-Semitic Legacy.” The piece in The Forward focuses on a former Harvard president, A. Lawrence Lowell, who instituted quotas in Harvard’s admissions process …
Yale University has announced plans to re-open its campus this fall. In so doing, Yale has joined other elite institutions like the University of Pennsylvania and Dartmouth College in signaling they wish for this coming fall term to be different from this past spring term — even if things won’t …
The Ivy League’s beginnings trace not to science research or philosophical debate but rather to football. Yes, football. The Ivy League was formed so these eight elite institutions could compete against one another on the gridiron. But in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, will there be an Ivy League football …
A. Lawrence Lowell is a name that has popped up from time to time on the pages of our college admissions blog. For those unfamiliar with A. Lawrence Lowell, he was the president of Harvard University from 1909-1933. He also happened to be a notorious anti-Semite who used quotas to …
Dartmouth College recently issued a joint statement on behalf of its trustees and senior leadership voicing unequivocal support for the Black Lives Matter movement. While some universities have chosen to remain silent on the BLM movement sweeping the nation, in issuing this statement, Dartmouth has signaled to its students, alumni, …
Just a few days ago, we at Ivy Coach saluted Princeton University’s Board of Trustees for alas deciding to cease honoring the legacy of Woodrow Wilson. Wilson, a former Princeton and U.S. president, was the namesake of Princeton’s school of public policy and one of its six residential colleges. But …
Dartmouth College has announced plans to re-open its campus this fall. But it won’t be an ordinary fall term in picturesque Hanover, New Hampshire — certainly not as COVID-19 cases continue to skyrocket across America. Rather, the College on the Hill has plans to invite a bit more than half …
Princeton University has sung, “I know that I can’t take no more; It ain’t no lie; I want to see you out that door; Baby bye bye bye” to President Woodrow Wilson. Wilson, the 28th president of the United States who also served as the 13th president of Princeton, has …
Curious about the breakdown of the admitted students who chose to matriculate as members of Harvard’s Class of 2024? Wonder no more as we’ve got this data for our readers. A few headlines? More than half of matriculants will be women. A year after Harvard claimed victory — pending appeal …
