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The Future of Legacy Admissions

Top Tier Admissions

Likewise, in 2003 Penn admitted 21 percent of its total applicants and 51 percent of its legacy applicants. ENROLL NOW WHY LEGACY PREFERENCES REMAIN IN PLACE Two reasons: admissions yield and fundraising. In the early 2000s, Harvard accepted a mere 11 percent of its total applicants, but admitted 40 percent of its legacy applicants.

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Legal Expert Art Coleman Examines the Affirmative Action Ruling

EAB

My name is Tom Cakuls, and I oversee research publications for EAB's Enrollment Services division. Over 45 years we've developed a body of evidence around institutional experience with the nature and benefits of diversity, which the Court had affirmed in 2003 and again in 2016. That's an exceptionally fine line.

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Is Yield Protection Real?

BestColleges

Yield is the percentage of accepted students who choose to enroll. Colleges aim to boost their yield through several strategies, including early admissions policies. This means 2 in 3 accepted students choose to enroll elsewhere. News & World Report college rankings, which dropped the metric from its formula in 2003.

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Average College GPA: Full Statistics

BestColleges

A history of exclusion for students of color , including segregation laws, discriminatory admission policies, as well as emotional, psychological, and physical obstacles continue to disadvantage students of color. January 2003. It is important to keep in mind that GPA performance does not tell the whole story. or Higher White 2.8

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What Is Columbia University Known For?

BestColleges

A strategic litigator, feminist, scholar, and advocate for gender equality, her policies paved the path for women worldwide. Columbia University also enrolled 22,063 Morningside graduate and professional studies students across disciplines from architecture and arts to law and journalism.

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Isn't It Ironic, or Students for Fair Admissions Seeks to Get Out of (the) Grutter

The Thoughtful College Search

It asks the Supreme Court to overturn the 2003 case Grutter v Bollinger. But it is also making the claim that its request to end all race-based admission policies is in keeping with the Court’s Brown v Board of Education decision denying the use of race as a factor in determining educational opportunities. Is that underrepresented?

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Weekly Update: June 6

DC College Counseling

BIGGEST COLLEGE-RELATED NEWS OF THE WEEK ART SCHOOLS SUFFER FROM TOUGH ECONOMIC TIMES AND LOW ENROLLMENT Columbia College Chicago and the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, two well-respected arts schools, have both come into economic difficulties recently. Listings with no degree requirements have gone up 4% over the last 4 years.