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First Ivies Settle in ‘568 Cartel’ Price-Fixing Case

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Ivy League schools Columbia, Brown, and Yale, along with Duke, have reached settlement agreements. Since 2004, more than 200,000 students have paid higher tuition and incurred larger debt absent competition among these institutions, the suit alleges. More than 200,000 students were affected, the suit claims.

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Vanderbilt Settles in ‘568 Cartel’ Lawsuit

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In addition to Vanderbilt and UChicago, the case involves six Ivy League schools and other highly selective institutions such as Northwestern University, the California Institute of Technology, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Johns Hopkins University. How did these colleges stray from their need-blind commitment?

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How the Supreme Court Could Change College Admissions

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Legacy admissions has been controversial from the start: in the 1920s and 1930s, Ivy League schools began giving preference to the children of alumni as a way to limit the enrollment of Jews and immigrants. Over the next several decades, the practice spread.

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How to Get Into Stanford: 5 Tips From Admitted Students and Experts

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For the 2022 admission cycle , Stanford reported median scores of 1540 on the SAT and 35 on the ACT for enrolled students. And over 70% of enrolled students had a perfect GPA, with an average 3.95 In fact, 2020 was the only year since 2004 when Stanford's undergraduate acceptance rate increased — to a still-low 5.19%.

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Early Decision is a Racket

Admissions Madness

Many elite universities offer binding Early Decision deadlines that oblige students to enroll if offered admission. Legally, there is no recourse available to universities to coerce you into enrolling or paying any penalty. Instead, it’s the most powerful tool in a university’s enrollment management arsenal.

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What Is Rice University Known For?

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Students who enroll in a computer science program take classes like matrix analysis, linear algebra, computational thinking, principles of programming languages, and compiler construction. Selected as a NASA astronaut in 2004, she embarked on her first space mission on June 25, 2010, spending over 330 days in space. in space physics.

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Weekly Update: December 19

DC College Counseling

The program was started in 2004 as a way to attract more applicants from diverse backgrounds. We mentioned two weeks ago that students might be avoiding Ivy League schools as a result of the anti-Semitism that has been rampant on their campuses since October 7.