Category: Admissions & Applications News
by Katie Benner, The New York Times, August 30, 2018 | Aug 30, 2018 | Admissions & Applications News, News of Interest
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department lent its support on Thursday to students who are suing Harvard University over affirmative action policies that they claim discriminate against Asian-American applicants, in a case that could have far-reaching consequences for the...
by Rick Clark, GA Tech Admissions, August 9, 2018 | Aug 16, 2018 | Admissions & Applications News
In the world of college admission there is always debate about the “best school” in the nation. As quickly as someone holds up Stanford or Harvard, someone else will poke holes in the methodology, or challenge that they may not be tops for every major, and so on and...
by MARK L. FISHER, The Atlanta Jewish Times, May 23, 2018 | Jun 4, 2018 | Admissions & Applications News, News of Interest
Mark Fisher provides some practice questions students can use before they schedule a college interview. My most recent Atlanta Jewish Times article highlighted the importance of college interviews, which can be required or optional for admissions or necessary for...
by Linda Chavez, The Chicago Sun Times, May 25, 2018 | May 31, 2018 | Admissions & Applications News
Asian-Americans are among the most successful groups in the United States, but we often forget the discrimination they faced in getting to where they are, as well as the challenges they still endure. No immigrant group faced as great a barrier to entry into the United...
by Melissa Korn, April 27, 2018, The Wall Street Journal | May 7, 2018 | Admissions & Applications News
The chance of getting off the wait list has plummeted at many schools as the pool has expanded Liam Tormey, a senior at Valley Stream South High School in New York, applied to 15 colleges. Four rejected him. Four accepted him. The remaining seven put the 17-year-old...
by Jeffrey J. Selingo, The Washington Post, March 29, 2018 | Apr 9, 2018 | Admissions & Applications News
By now, college acceptances (or rejections) are in the hands of high school seniors. Over the next few weeks, those who haven’t already decided where they are going to school next fall will make their decisions. The month ahead is a time of high anxiety for students...