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Legacy admissions - the pressure to eliminate.

The Quiet Fight to Keep Legacy Admissions Describing its incoming class of 2025, Yale boasted that its students hailed from 48 states, 68 countries and 1,221 high schools. What’s more, the university announced last year, 51% of the class identified as students of color. Yet even as Yale promotes the diversity of its first-year students, t...

Could mean the end of required standardized testing!

Harvard has dropped its SAT and ACT score admission requirements until 2026, and it's a watershed move as schools debate the value of standardized testing Applicants may send in their scores if they wish, but Harvard's decision signals a shift in how it's prepared to assess hopefuls in the future.

UC slams the door on standardized admissions tests, nixing any SAT alternative The University of California has slammed the door shut on standardized testing for admissions, saying no alternative to the SAT can avoid bias based on race, income.

Will it be easier for male applicants to gain admission to some colleges with a large gender gap?

What's behind the unexpected gender gap on college campuses? Women are outpacing men in higher education at a record rate. The causes of this disparity are complex and won't be easy to fix.

A Generation of American Men Give Up on College: ‘I Just Feel Lost’ The number of men enrolled at two- and four-year colleges has fallen behind women by record levels, in a widening education gap across the U.S.

The college tour...make the most of it. If you can tour prior to applying, the information you gain on your tour will help you write your college essays.

21 Places Worth Seeing on College Tours If you're a soon-to-be college student, exploring a college campus in person can help you determine if a school is the right fit. College admissions consultants, high school counselors, undergraduate admissions officers and parents of college-bound students recommend taking a school's official guide...

The pandemic expedited the demise of the SAT and ACT,,,,,

Opinion | Why Colleges Should Ditch the SAT—Permanently Covid created a giant, real-world experiment in admissions policy that so far has underscored the drawbacks of mandatory entrance exams.

Makes sense as public institutions funded by CA tax dollars.

A bold plan for UC: Cut share of out-of-state students by half amid huge California demand As the University of California confronts record demand for admission, lawmakers are considering a plan to cut in half the share of nonresident students to make more room for locals.