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October 1, 2020

Nationality in Highly Selective College Admissions

September 30, 2020

A Word on Good Private College Counselors

Details on Harvard’s Class of 2024

September 6, 2020

Curious to meet the Harvard University Class of 2024? As our readers may remember, we previously detailed the breakdown of Harvard’s incoming class — by gender, race, geography, first-generation college student status, etc. — but, hey, we know our readers are always craving more details. And The Harvard Crimson‘s recent …

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Tags: Details Harvard Class of 2024, Harvard 2024, Harvard 2024 Admissions, Harvard 2024 Profile, Harvard Class of 2024

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Coronavirus Ushering in Admissions Changes

September 5, 2020

Will the COVID-19 pandemic inspire real, lasting change in the highly selective college admissions process or are the changes for this admissions cycle only temporary? There’s an editorial in today’s New York Times by Frank Bruni, “The Coronavirus May Change College Admissions Forever,” that praises the release of a forthcoming …

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Tags: Admissions Changes, Changes to Admissions, Changes to Elite College Admissions, College Admissions Changes, Ivy League Admissions Changes

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Elite College Admissions Is Not Arbitrary

September 4, 2020

There are a couple of letters to the editor in The Wall Street Journal today under a headline that reads “The Arbitrariness of Elite College Admissions.” As our loyal readers know all too well, the core objective of this college admissions blog is to demystify the highly selective college admissions …

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UC Schools Developing New Admissions Test

September 3, 2020

A few months back when the University of California system announced the suspension of the standardized testing requirement for California residents, University of California President Janet Napolitano announced, “Today’s decision by the Board marks a significant change for the University’s undergraduate admissions. We are removing the ACT/SAT requirement for California …

Categories: Standardized Testing

Tags: ACT at UC Schools, SAT and ACT at University of California, SAT at UC Schools, UC Admissions Test, UC Schools Developing New Admissions Test

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Consideration of SAT or ACT at University of California Schools

September 2, 2020

Just months ago, the University of California’s Board of Regents waived the SAT / ACT testing requirement at the UC schools for the Classes of 2025 and 2026. They also announced that for the Classes of 2027 and 2028, the UC schools would no longer consider the submission of these …

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Tags: ACT at UC Schools, Consideration of ACT at UC Schools, Consideration of SAT at UC Schools, SAT and ACT at UC Universities, SAT at UC Schools

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The Resilience of the Class of 2024

September 1, 2020 Each year, admissions officers at our nation’s most elite universities boast how they’ve secured the greatest class ever — the highest achieving, the most diverse, the most engaged, you name it. But of course, most years, admissions officers essentially cut and paste how they describe each incoming class, changing only …

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Tags: Admission to Class of 2024, Class of 2024 Admissions, Duke Admissions, Duke Class of 2024, Resilience of Class of 2024

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NACAC Issues Report on Testing

August 31, 2020

The National Association for College Admission Counseling, an organization to which we are a member, has published a report that essentially calls on colleges to reconsider testing requirements in the admissions process post-pandemic. You see, while so many elite universities have gone test-optional this year due to the pandemic, NACAC …

Categories: Standardized Testing

Tags: NACAC Issues Report on Testing, NACAC Report, Test Optional Policies, Test Optional Post Pandemic, Test Optional Schools

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A Favorite Son of Georgetown

August 30, 2020

Regular readers of our college admissions blog know why we write about college basketball from time to time. As a general rule of thumb, the further a team advances in March Madness, the more applications the school tends to receive the subsequent admissions cycle. And so we would be remiss …

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Tags: A Favorite Son of Georgetown, Admission to Georgetown, Georgetown Admissions, Georgetown Basketball, Georgetown Coach

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Inside Emory’s Admissions Office

August 29, 2020

There’s a good article in The Wall Street Journal today by Jeffrey Selingo that focuses on how college admissions offices put the final touches on an incoming class. In his piece, “The Secrets of Elite College Admissions,” Selingo focuses on his year — the 2018-2019 cycle — embedded within the …

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Tags: Admission to Emory, Emory Admission, Emory Admissions, Emory Admissions Process, Inside Emory Admissions

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The White Male in Admissions

August 28, 2020

Are white male students discriminated against in the highly selective college admissions process? Don’t be ridiculous! Just about every day, we receive an email from a parent — who is not our client — in which he or she writes how they’re seeking help for their “white male” child. And …

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Tags: Affirmative Action, Caucasian and College Admissions, College Admissions and Affirmative Action, The White Male in Admissions, White Males in Admissions

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