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In the face of an admissions process that feels increasingly unpredictable, social media offers elusive clarity, or at least a sense of control. Influencers have built communities around sharing knowledge, but this knowledge isn't always correct.

From Feed to Freshman: How Social Media is Changing College Admissions - Harvard Political Review Students navigating an increasingly competitive college admissions process are turning to an unlikely source: social media influencers. But are they really leveling the playing field?

Read how these teenagers reacted to an essay about the challenges of raising children today and shared their thoughts on how involved parents should be.

What Teenagers Are Saying About Modern Parenting Students react to an essay about the relentlessness of raising children today, and share how involved they think parents should be.

Congratulations to MIT's Class of 2030. This year, MIT offered admission to 1299 students for their Class of 2030, from a total of 28,349 applicants. These 1,299 students come from all 50 states, 58 countries, and nearly a thousand different high schools. Read on!

MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online | MIT Admissions At MIT Admissions, we recruit and enroll a talented and diverse class of undergraduates who will learn to use science, technology, and other areas of scholarship to serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Ivy Day 2026 brought exciting news as Princeton University unveiled the regular decision admission results for the Class of 2030! This marks a significant moment, being the last admissions cycle allowing applications without standardized test scores, as Princeton plans to move on from this policy. Read on for the heartfelt reactions from students celebrating their acceptance into one of the world’s most prestigious universities.

‘Completely surreal’: Princeton releases regular decision results for Class of 2030 The University released admission results for the regular decision round for the Class of 2030 on Thursday. The Daily Princetonian spoke with several of the admitted students.

A new estimate indicates that 442 of the nation’s 1,700 private, nonprofit four-year colleges and universities, serving a total of 670,000 students, are at risk of closing or needing to merge within the next decade. Read on!

As one Vermont college finishes its last semester, a new projection shows that 442 more are at similar risk A new and previously unreported estimate projects that 442 of the nation’s 1,700 private, nonprofit four-year colleges and universities, with a combined 670,000 students, are at risk of closing or having to merge within the next 10 years.

Whether because of financial difficulties, sagging enrollments, or a desire to align their curricula with shifting student demands, more colleges and universities are purging academic programs, with those in the humanities and arts often the hardest hit.

Academic Purges Continue As More Colleges Close Their Degree Programs The past few days have seen more degree program purges, with large-scale academic closures or pauses at Indiana's public universities as well as at Syracuse university .

Since WWII, area studies centers were supported by the U.S. government as an essential part of national security strategy. Now, they are disappearing. Read on!

Area Studies, Once Vital, Wither Without Funding Area studies centers were born out of World War II and supported by the U.S. government as an essential part of national security strategy. Now, they are disappearing as the Trump administration sees them as an enemy.

The uncertainty of the current student visa process has shattered the dreams of some of Africa’s brightest students.

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He Had a Full Ride at Duke—Until America Cut Him Off Student visas for Africa’s best and brightest were canceled by the Trump administration, leaving behind empty seats and broken dreams.

According to a mid-season report released by the Common App, the number of first-year applicants from underrepresented racial or ethnic minorities has increased by 5% compared to the same time last year. This growth continues a trend that has been ongoing for over a decade. However, the total number of applicants from underrepresented groups is still lower than that of non-minority applicants. Read on!

Black students are the fastest growing demographic for Common App Data suggests "no meaningful deviations" from previous trends after the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2023 decision ending race-conscious admissions.

A combination of policy changes, technological advancements, demographic trends, and legal requirements is fundamentally altering the rules of college admissions. Here are eight trends that are reshaping the college admission landscape.

8 Education Trends That Are Changing College Admissions Application and enrollment changes are affecting students applying to college.