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Ivy League Schools Go Test-Optional Again for 2022-2023 – What This Means for College Admissions

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Then, as the pandemic continued, many colleges extended their policies for another year or longer. Meanwhile, a few other Ivy League schools (including Cornell University and Stanford University) had already extended their test-optional policies through 2023. What Prompted this Change? Will More Schools Follow Harvard’s Lead?

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Just Released: Northwestern’s Acceptance Rate

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Low acceptance rates are part of a nationwide trend across many colleges, with elite universities like Harvard University seeing rates as low as 3.19% in the 2021-22 admissions cycle. This month, Columbia University became the first Ivy League school to extend test-optional policies indefinitely.

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What You Need to Know About Northwestern University

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These colleges include the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, the McCormick School of Engineering & Applied Science, the School of Communication, the School of Education & Social Policy, the Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications, the Bienen School of Music, and the School of Professional Studies.

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Affirmative Action Preserved at Military Academies – For Now

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What's more, ROTC has been the primary source of minority officers, the brief details, with 29% of Black and 32% of Hispanic officers earning commissions through ROTC in 2019. For now, the military academies can continue to consider race in admissions decisions, a policy that has increased diversity on those campuses in recent years.

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Liberal Arts College Acceptance Rates: Increase Your Odds

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However, unlike the Ivies , for which overall acceptance rates sat below 7% across the board in the 2021-22 application cycle, some of the top-ranking liberal arts colleges exhibit more generous numbers. increase in applications between the 2020-21 and 2021-22 cycles and a decrease in acceptance rate from 8.74% to 6.93%; Pomona saw a 4.9%

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Will Legacy Admissions End Along With Affirmative Action?

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A new lawsuit claims Harvard University discriminates against minority students by favoring legacy applicants. This time, the suit involves legacy admissions , the university's policy of favoring children of alumni. The recent Supreme Court decision to ban race-conscious admissions has reinvigorated debates around legacy admissions.

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New York Expands Direct Admissions Program

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The strategy presumes that high-achieving students from underresourced communities will gain a greater opportunity to attend college, smoothing the pathway for both low-income and racial minority students. In 2009, Texas amended the policy, raising the threshold to 6-7% for the University of Texas at Austin.