MIT Dean of Admissions Resigns

It was announced today that Marilee Jones, the Dean of Admissions at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, lied about her credentials 28 years ago when she applied to work at the Institute. The announcement, of course, immediately sent shockwaves through the college admissions community since Marilee, a longtime admissions leader, … 

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College Admissions Police

Is a college admissions police force a new trend in elite college admissions? While the very idea may seem ridiculous, in a recent article published in The Wall Street Journal, “Admissions Police Bolster Efforts to Uncover Fraud,” Jon Weinbach discusses the notion of college admissions officers debating whether or not … 

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Princeton and Early Decision

When things are going well, many organizations choose to maintain the status quo. Why change what works? Yet some organizations choose to make changes even when things are going well in the hope they’ll be even better in the future. It seems that Princeton University’s admissions office is firmly in … 

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Will Colleges Be Dropping Early Admissions Policies?

Are Early Decision and Early Action programs on the outs at our nation’s elite universities? When schools such as Harvard University, Princeton University, and the University of Virginia recently announced that they will be dropping their Early admissions programs, many high school students, parents, and college counselors began to wonder … 

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How Applications Are Evaluated and Decisions Are Made

Of the 1,800 accredited colleges and universities in the U.S., only about 35 are considered highly selective. This highly selective category is reserved for schools that typically admit less that one-third of all their applicants. To determine a college’s degree of selectivity, one needs to know the number of students … 

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