Remove ACT Remove Admissions Remove Early Admission
article thumbnail

Admission Trends and Early Admission Results – Class of 2028

Berkeley² Academy

With each passing year, college admissions grows increasingly competitive. As a result, more and more students are applying under Early Decision and Early Action admissions plans. All of these schools also saw an increase in the total number of early applicants as well.

article thumbnail

Will Legacy Admissions End Along With Affirmative Action?

BestColleges

Legacy admissions has been highly criticized in recent years, though only a few elite colleges have jettisoned the practice. The recent Supreme Court decision to ban race-conscious admissions has reinvigorated debates around legacy admissions. Supreme Court's recent decision to ban race-conscious admissions.

article thumbnail

How to Get Into Columbia: Stats + Admissions Advice

Next Admit College Admissions Blog

SAT and ACT For first-year and transfer applicants to CC and SEAS matriculating from fall 2023 through fall 2024 , Columbia is maintaining a test-optional policy. Previously, Columbia has required scores from either the SAT or the ACT, but no requirement for the writing section. For both the SAT and the ACT, Columbia superscores.

article thumbnail

Public Ivies: Class of 2028 Acceptance Rates

Top Tier Admissions

A Yale University admissions officer, Richard Moll, coined the phrase in 1985 to refer to state universities that offer exceptional educations at a fraction of the Ivy league price for in-state students. None of the UCs offer early admission or consider standardized test scores.

article thumbnail

UT Austin Shake-Up: Testing Required and a New Early Action Program

Top Tier Admissions

UT AUSTIN: STANDARDIZED TESTING REQUIRED After four years of test-optional admissions for undergraduate admissions, the University of Texas at Austin will once again require standardized testing scores , beginning with applications for the Fall 2025 semester. ACT Tutoring Hit your target score with our renowned ACT tutors.

Testing 95
article thumbnail

Class of 2026 sets early application records, while The Ivy Dean’s students see incredible admissions results

The Ivy Dean

Despite unusually low acceptance rates at top colleges, including those in the Ivy League, our students gained admission to Harvard, Princeton, Cornell, the University of Pennsylvania, Brown, Georgetown, NYU and Colgate, among others. Nevertheless, we still had exceptional results.

article thumbnail

How COVID-19 is accelerating overdue changes to college admissions

The Ivy Dean

As the pandemic continues to evolve, so does the world of college admissions. Colleges have already made significant changes to their admissions processes, basing their decisions on new criteria, removing the requirement for standardized tests, and transitioning annual recruitment activities to be virtual.