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Howard University Revokes Diddy’s Honorary Degree, Ends Scholarship

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announced that its board of trustees unanimously voted to rescind Combs' honorary degree given to him in 2014, end the $1 million scholarship in his name, and refuse a $1 million commitment made in October with Combs' foundation. The historically Black university in Washington, D.C.,

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UGA 2024 Early Action Updates

UGA Undergraduate Admissions Q & A

We have gone from roughly 11,000 EA applicants in 2014 to almost 27,000 EA applicants this year, and we expect the overall applicant pool (EA and RD together) to show similar growth. UGA mid-50% GPA Average – 3.81-4.22 4.22 – This is calculated by UGA using core classes, and not the GPA seen on the HS transcript.

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UGA 2025 EA Numbers and Information

UGA Undergraduate Admissions Q & A

We have gone from roughly 11,000 EA applicants in 2014 to roughly 30,400 EA applicants this year, and we expect the overall applicant pool (EA and RD together) to show similar growth. I suggest checking with the sender (ACT, College Board for instance), as a send date is generally later than a request date.

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What the Grand Canyon Taught Me: Getting Real About Goals, Failure, and Digging Deep

Ruffaloni

In 2014, our enrollment had been flat—if slightly dropping—for four years when our new president decided we should turn it around with either a tuition reset or a revised financial aid strategy. The academic caliber of students—measured by ACT/SAT test scores and GPA—has risen. Retention is up 9 points to 74 percent.

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Johns Hopkins Reinstates Standardized Testing

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Students applying in fall 2025 must submit SAT or ACT scores, while those applying this fall are encouraged to do so. Beginning in fall 2025, students applying to the university's Krieger School of Arts and Sciences and Whiting School of Engineering will be required to submit either SAT or ACT scores.

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The Problem with Grade Inflation

Discovery College Consulting

USA Today reported that from 1998 to 2016, average high school GPAs rose from 3.27 And according to another article in The New York Times , the average ACT score for the class of 2023 was the worst it’s been in over three decades. GPA is one part of the holistic admissions process. If “every student has a 4.0

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How Hard Is It to Get into Medical School? (2023)

Shemmassian Academic Consulting

Regardless, you may be confused about how you could possibly get in after going to great lengths to “do everything right”—achieving a strong GPA and MCAT score, satisfying your extracurricular requirements, obtaining meaningful medical school letters of recommendation , and so on. Heck, you yourself may even be reapplying to medical school.

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