Tex Admissions

MARCH 12, 2024

Scooter adventure in Tabanan, Bali On March 11, 2024, UT-Austin announced significant changes for the upcoming Freshman Fall 2025 admissions cycle. All Fall 2025 freshman applicants must submit an official SAT or ACT directly from the testing agency to be eligible for admission. My primary concern is the timing.

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Inside Emory Admission

JANUARY 25, 2024

Updated January, 2024 Emory University has extended its test optional policy for applicants who plan to enroll as first-year students in Fall 2025. In addition, transfer applicants for Fall 2025 can also take advantage of this test optional policy. WHO DOES THE POLICY APPLY TO?

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Admissions.Blog

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Write your best Common App Essay: 2024-2025 Edition Here is a dirty little secret: some of the 2024-2025 Common App essay prompts will bring you down like quicksand while others give you the exact structure and framing that you need to show and tell a story that colleges will love.

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The Koppelman Group

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

This is by design, and they maintain a policy of not favoring early applicants. To inspire your next writing steps, take a look at our 2024-2025 Guide to the Common App Essay. First, though, let’s talk Georgetown details. The Georgetown early action program has nearly the exact same acceptance rate as regular decision ( about 10% ).

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The Koppelman Group

AUGUST 18, 2024

In the box below, please indicate if you are considering a deferral to Fall 2026 if you are offered admission for Fall 2025. If you are curious if you are eligible to apply, we encourage you to look at the Barnard transgender policy. Since Barnard is a college for women, they do define ‘woman’ in a specific way.

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College Essay Guy

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

In college and beyond, I want to expand my research and continue to work with other passionate individuals to promote policies that strengthen mental health and encourage equity. My findings furthered current research that social media negatively influences mental health. Francis House. 396) Want advice on dozens of other supplemental essays?

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Dr. Paul Lowe – Admissions Expert

JULY 18, 2024

It is hard to believe that the 2024-2025 boarding school admissions season is here! It’s important to note that this admissions cycle (2024-2025) will be hypercompetitive (domestic applications are expected to increase).

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BestColleges

AUGUST 25, 2023

Homeland Security extended the benefits of SSR to last until mid-2025. will be able to enjoy the benefits of Special Student Relief (SSR) until at least April 2025. SSR benefits were scheduled to expire after October 19, 2023, but will now last until at least April 19, 2025, according to a DHS filing in the Federal Register.

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Admissions.Blog

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Write your best Common App Essay: 2024-2025 Edition Here is a dirty little secret: some of the 2024-2025 Common App essay prompts will bring you down like quicksand while others give you the exact structure and framing that you need to show and tell a story that colleges will love.

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Next Admit College Admissions Blog

AUGUST 20, 2024

Georgetown’s 2024-2025 Prompts Required Short Essays Briefly (approximately one-half page, single-spaced) discuss the significance to you of the school or summer activity in which you have been most involved. The post How to Write the Georgetown Supplemental Essays 2024–2025 appeared first on College Admissions Blog. Let’s dive in.

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AdmissionSight

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

For fall 2025 admissions, over 2,000 four-year colleges in the U.S. In this blog, we’ll break down what it means for a college to be “test-optional,” how these policies impact admissions, and introduce you to some of the best test optional colleges in the U.S. What Are the Best Test Optional Colleges in 2025?

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The Koppelman Group

AUGUST 15, 2024

This number is kept low partially due to a 1986 policy that mandates that UNC system schools may not have more than 18% out-of-state students in any first-year class. UNC has also enacted a curious SAT/ACT policy that requires some close reading. Students making up that 18% come from 100 countries!

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BestColleges

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Notre Dame announced it will not offer student loans in undergraduate financial aid packages and will implement a need-blind admissions policy for all students. The need-blind admissions policy will be effective immediately and apply to all students, both domestic and international.

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Top Tier Admissions

JUNE 7, 2024

Stanford will reintroduce standardized testing requirements for undergraduate admissions starting in fall 2025 for admission to the Class of 2030. Most recently, Harvard & Cornell announced changes to their testing policy, requiring students to submit either an SAT or ACT score in future application cycles.

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Next Admit College Admissions Blog

AUGUST 16, 2024

UT Austin’s Spring 2024-2025 Prompts UT Austin Long Essay Question Tell us your story. The UT Austin admissions officers are experienced application reviewers able to identify any lies or obfuscations, so honesty is the best policy. Hoping to join their ranks? You’ll need to nail your UT Austin supplemental essays. Let’s dive in.

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The Koppelman Group

AUGUST 13, 2024

They have also instituted a test-free policy, meaning that they do not consider the SAT or ACT at all (at least until 2025). Instead, they care about your grades, recommendations, extracurricular and work history, and how well you match with Pitzer’s core values.

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The College Curators

JULY 30, 2024

As we move further away from the height of the pandemic, the admissions landscape is changing and many schools are reevaluating their testing policies. Harvard follows other Ivy League schools.

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The Koppelman Group

AUGUST 12, 2024

Submitting an ACT or SAT score is not required for students applying for admission in the fall of 2025. Did a moment in Model UN where you had to collaborate and compromise concretize your passion for policy and international relations? It isn’t just about scores and grades, but “about the human being behind all of it.”

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Discovery College Consulting

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Not only are today’s high school students being affected by frequent changes in colleges’ testing policies (as described in a recent blog post ), they also have another upcoming change to contend with: next year, the ACT will switch to a digital format, in addition to undergoing other alterations.

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The Koppelman Group

AUGUST 15, 2024

The test optional policy for the SAT and ACT for first-year applicants that Princeton put in place in response to COVID-19 is active for the 2024-2025 application cycle. Thanks to the 2023-2024 CDS report , we know that the acceptance rate for the Class of 2027 was 4.5%. Today, we estimate the acceptance rate to be between 4% and 4.5%.

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The Koppelman Group

AUGUST 26, 2024

About 2,500 undergraduate students call the campus home, and Smith has had a test-optional policy since 2009. While many schools have implemented test-optional policies in response to COVID-19, Smith has had their policy in place long enough to really make their application review process work without ACT or SAT scores.

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Admissions.Blog

JULY 14, 2024

Caltech, hot on the heels of announcing that it will require first-year applicants to report ACT or SAT scores in order to be considered for Caltech’s Class of 2029 , has now released its supplemental essay prompts for the 2024-2025 admissions cycle.

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HelloCollege

JULY 5, 2024

August 1st marks the kickoff of college application season as that is the date that the Common Application rolls over for the class of 2025 and college applications officially open. Updated Fraud Policy. Common App Account Rollover As previously mentioned, the Common App rolls over to the 2024-2025 application season on August 1, 2024.

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The Koppelman Group

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

to study policy, camping under the stars for astronomy students, living in the mountains while you get your rock on, or spending a whole month learning nothing but Spanish. Maybe you helped lead a walkout at school over racist dress code policies. Students who are drawn to CC are like, seriously drawn to the school.

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BestColleges

JULY 18, 2024

The new ACT will roll out online in spring 2025 and in school in spring 2026. the company behind the ACT, announced it's making the science section optional and the core test shorter — from three to two hours — starting in spring 2025 for online testing and spring 2026 for in-school testing. "As The ACT Education Corp.,

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Admissions.Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The change takes effect for students applying for Fall 2025 admission (those students who will begin their applications in Summer or Fall 2024). Dartmouth College Dartmouth College has announced that it will yet again require high school students to share either an SAT or ACT score as part of their application for admission.

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Top Tier Admissions

APRIL 3, 2023

This year’s acceptance rate matches the class of 2025 as the University’s lowest rate in history. According to a survey done by enrollment management firm Maguire Associates, these policies have also helped increase application numbers from low-income students and from students who belong to marginalized racial and ethnic groups.

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Top Tier Admissions

AUGUST 30, 2024

LEARN MORE Michigan maintained their “test-flexible” policy for the Class of 2028. The university’s supplemental essays have not changed for the 2024-2025 application cycle and both questions are required for all applicants. Essay Guidance Get our expert guidance on your college essays. Interested in reading more about UMich?

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BestColleges

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Only a handful of private colleges in California have policies favoring legacies. Scrutiny of legacy policies has intensified since the Supreme Court's ban on affirmative action. California's public colleges already are prohibited from giving preferences to legacy applicants. If he does, it will take effect Sept.

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Top Tier Admissions

JUNE 12, 2024

The university’s test-optional policy will continue through Fall 2027. Rice will continue its test-optional policy for the Fall 2025 admissions cycle, although it’s important to note that just 22% of admitted students applied without submitting test scores. Tulane will be test-optional again for Fall 2025 admission.

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BestColleges

AUGUST 27, 2024

Students applying in fall 2025 must submit SAT or ACT scores, while those applying this fall are encouraged to do so. The decision follows similar policy changes at Ivy League colleges. Hopkins' decision follows similar policy changes by several Ivy League schools. The year before changing its policy, Hopkins enrolled 8.5%

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Top Tier Admissions

APRIL 6, 2023

More than 59,000 students applied to Penn this cycle, the largest first-year applicant pool in Penn’s history, and over 4,500 more applications than the Class of 2026 and over 3,000 more than the Class of 2025. In January, Penn Admissions announced the extension of the test-optional policy through the 2023-24 admissions cycle.

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The Koppelman Group

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Georgetown is also deeply tied to the political and policy-making community, and many students go there because they are interested in going into government or public service. Liberal arts and research university with a Jesuit foundation and a sterling reputation today as a place of exceptional education, scholarship, and community.

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The Koppelman Group

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

This test policy is designed to empower you to present yourself in the strongest possible light. This post isn’t about the standardized test policy, though. If you choose to submit AP or IB scores to fulfill the requirement, you need to take the tests before submitting your application.

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Top Tier Admissions

JULY 26, 2024

Cornell University has shared its supplemental essay prompts for the upcoming 2024-2025 application cycle. For the 2024-2025 application cycle, Cornell University has a new community essay question required of all applicants, listed below. Brooks School of Public Policy Why are you drawn to studying public policy?

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BestColleges

MARCH 5, 2024

Note Reference [2] Check Since the 2023 Supreme Court ruling that banned affirmative action at colleges and universities, at least six institutions have ended their legacy admissions policies. Check Dozens more schools ended their legacy policies prior to 2023, according to archived admissions data.

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The Koppelman Group

JULY 24, 2024

What is an action or policy you might propose to address an issue of social injustice in your school or local community, or on a national or global scale? You should write about the next action/policy that you will be taking, but you need to back it up with the previous actions you have already taken. This isn’t a hypothetical.

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