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Is Duke the ‘Harvard of the South?’

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regional) private university with undergraduate, graduate and professional schools that has appeal across the United States as well as with college-bound students from other countries. The university graduated no less than 81 percent of every class that entered between 2012 and 2018. Mid-sized, with less than 10,000 undergraduates.

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The Campus Visit Experience: How Should It Go?

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In Fall, 2018, before Andrew came to work there, Georgia Tech received nearly 35,000 applications their freshman class. It is a flagship state university as well as a national research university. However, 30 percent of the underrate student body comes from other states and ten percent come from other countries.

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The Best Online MBAs — No GMAT Required

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Most top-scoring test-takers spend more than 120 hours preparing for the GMAT. According to Franklin University, the number of online MBA programs in the United States doubled from 2014-2018. In test-optional situations, you could face a competitive disadvantage relative to candidates who did take the exam.

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CEG's Crash Course to Standardized Testing

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25% of its applicants (who submitted scores—Stanford has been test optional) scored a 1560+ on the SAT and a 35 composite on the ACT. placing either “considerable” or “moderate” importance on standardized test scores. But this is the 2018-19 report (as in, pre-COVID and the big shift toward test optional).

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Is It “Okay” to Talk About Race in Your College Application and Essays—And If So, How Should You Do It?

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College admissions and standardized testing expert Akil Bello points out, on the other hand, that race has never been the determining factor in admission and so families and students should basically just do what they would have done before the decision anyway. “Do Yes, you definitely can (see rest of blog for more). “.And And should I?”

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New Study Suggests Elite Colleges Should Reinstate SAT/ACT

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Most highly selective colleges remain temporarily test-optional. Emphasizing test scores can impede efforts to maintain economic and racial diversity. When the COVID-19 pandemic upended higher education in 2020, one of the monumental changes was the widespread suspension of standardized testing.

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