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February 18, 2019

Your Son Didn’t Get Rejected Because He’s White

February 17, 2019

Yale Leading Ivy League Basketball Standings

February 16, 2019

On Demonstrating Interest to Colleges

Florida Student Drops Case Against SAT Administrators

February 8, 2019

Just a few short weeks ago, we wrote about a student in Florida who accused the Educational Testing Service (ETS), the organization which administers College Board’s SAT, of racial bias. As our readers may remember, the student’s October SAT score, which was up by over 300 points from her March …

Categories: SAT / ACT Prep

Tags: ETS Case, Florida Student Drops Case Against SAT Administrators, SAT Cheating, SAT Flagged, SAT Test-Taker

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Dartmouth Class of 2023 Regular Decision Application Figures

February 7, 2019

After Dartmouth received a record number of Early Decision applications to its Class of 2023, the College on the Hill didn’t rest on its laurels in the Regular Decision round. No, no. Dartmouth set another record this year — for total applications. The school received 23,641 applications to its Class …

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Tags: Admission to Dartmouth 2023, Dartmouth 2023, Dartmouth Class of 2023 Admission, Dartmouth Class of 2023 Regular Decision Application Figures, Dartmouth Regular Decision 2023

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Boston University Class of 2023 Early Decision Statistics

February 6, 2019

It’s a good year to be a Terrier. The Boston University Class of 2023 Early Decision statistics are in and we’ve got them for our readers. In all, BU received almost 2,500 applications this ED cycle. This figure marks about an 11% increase over last year’s Early Decision pool. As …

Categories: Early Decision / Early Action

Tags: Admission to BU, Boston University, Boston University Class of 2023 Early Decision Statistics, BU 2023, BU Class of 2023

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Stereotypes of Elite Schools

February 5, 2019

There was a commencement speech given by Conan O’Brien some years ago at Dartmouth College in which the comedian presented some stereotypes of Ivy League students. Dartmouth students were, in his view, “the cool, sexually confident, lacrosse-playing younger sibling who knows how to throw a party and looks good in a down vest.” You’ll have …

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Tags: Elite Schools, Ivy League Stereotypes, Stereotypes of Elite Schools, Stereotypes of Ivies, Stereotypes of Ivy League Schools

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Asian American Discrimination in Admissions Decision-Making

February 4, 2019

Do Asian American applicants hoping to earn admission to our nation’s elite universities face discrimination based on their race? Our answer is a qualified yes. Asian Americans do face discrimination in highly selective college admissions — that’s without question. But they don’t face discrimination based on their race alone. Rather, they …

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Tags: Asian American Discrimination in Admissions Decision-Making, Asian American Discrimination in College Admission, Asian Discrimination in Admissions, Ivy League Asian American Discrimination, Race in Admissions

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Asian American Students Applying to Elite Colleges

February 3, 2019

There was an excellent segment recently on HBO’s “Vice News Tonight” that followed the stories of two Asian American students and one African American student applying to elite colleges from Glen Ridge High School in Glen Ridge, New Jersey. As regular readers of our college admissions blog know oh so …

Categories: Ivy League

Tags: Asian American Admissions, Asian American Ivy Applicants, Asian American Students Applying to Elite Colleges, Discrimination in College Admissions, Ivy League Admissions

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Application Fees Around the Ivy League

February 2, 2019

Curious to know the application fee for undergraduate admission at each of the eight Ivy League schools last year? Stay awake at night wondering no more. We’ve got this data for our readers. Brown University, Harvard University, Princeton University, and University of Pennsylvania each charged $75 per application. Cornell University, …

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Tags: Application Fees, Application Fees Around the Ivy League, Ivy App Fees, Ivy Application Fees, Ivy League Application Costs

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Fact Checking in College Admissions

February 1, 2019

Do admissions officers at highly selective colleges fact check every detail on every application? The answer is a resounding no. In fact, with some exceptions (hi MIT), admissions officers at elite universities rarely fact check much of anything. And why? They simply don’t have the time to do so. To put it …

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Tags: Admissions Officers Checking Facts, Checking Facts in Admissions, Fact Checking in College Admissions, Fact Checking in Ivy League Admissions, Lies in College Admissions

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Rice University Class of 2023 Early Decision Admissions Statistics

January 31, 2019

Rice University received a record number of total applications this year, a tally that includes both Early Decision and Regular Decision applications. Early Decision applications to the school too were up this year — by a margin of 39%. In all, 2,628 students applied under Rice’s binding Early Decision policy …

Categories: Early Decision / Early Action

Tags: Admission to Rice, Rice 2023, Rice Admissions, Rice University Class of 2023 Admissions Statistics, Rice University Class of 2023 Early Decision Admissions Statistics

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Boston College Class of 2024 Changed Early Policy

January 30, 2019

Boston College had changed its Early admission policy for the Class of 2023. Prior to this year, BC’s admissions office didn’t allow an applicant to apply Early Action to the university if he or she submitted a binding Early Decision application elsewhere. The lifting of this restriction for the Class …

Categories: Early Decision / Early Action

Tags: BC 2024, BC Class of 2024 Early Policy, Boston College Class of 2024 Changed Early Policy, Boston College Early Action, Boston College Early Decision

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