BestColleges

JULY 7, 2023

This time, the suit involves legacy admissions , the university's policy of favoring children of alumni. What's more, Students for Fair Admissions mentioned legacy admissions specifically in its complaint against Harvard. For the time being, legacy admissions remains firmly entrenched at most elite private universities.

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Top Tier Admissions

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Test-optional policies brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic account for the highly competitive 2020-21 admissions cycle. Princeton announced its test-optional policy in the summer of 2020 and has since renewed the policy into the 2022-23 admissions cycle (for admission to the Class of 2027). LEARN MORE.

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Ivy College Essay

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

Additionally, if you have a clear first-choice school and are certain about your decision, Early Decision can be a strategic move. One important consideration for Early Decision is the financial aspect. The primary advantage of Early Decision II is that it provides a second chance at binding early admission.

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The Ivy Dean

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

As this article in Forbes observes, it is likely that test optional policies will be in place for the 2-3 years, reflecting the fact that restrictions from the pandemic are providing juniors with few opportunities to write the SAT and ACT.

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Top Tier Admissions

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Next up in our series highlighting early round acceptance rates at top colleges is Dartmouth College — an Ivy League institution located in Hanover, New Hampshire. It’s interesting to note that the test optional admissions policy did not achieve the desired aim of a more diverse applicant pool.

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Top Tier Admissions

MARCH 1, 2024

Since 2018, the university has ceased disclosing acceptance rates in real time, instead waiting months after admissions decisions have been made to report publicly available data. In the last few years, Stanford has seen widespread debate over the future of legacy admissions, test-optional policies, and race-based affirmative action.

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Top Tier Admissions

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The university recently announced it is extending its test-optional policy for applicants seeking entry to the university through Fall 2027. We’re collecting early acceptance rate data at selective schools and providing insight and analysis of our own. Want To Read More About Vanderbilt’s Acceptance Rate?

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Top Tier Admissions

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Emory continued its test-optional policy this year and reported that 29% of ECAS applicants and 33% of Oxford applicants did not submit test scores. Emory announced last month that it would remain test-optional for the Class of 2029 but has yet to make a decision on a long-term policy.

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BestColleges

APRIL 23, 2024

Colleges aim to boost their yield through several strategies, including early admissions policies. Around this time of year, high school seniors conduct post-mortems on their college applications, trying to make sense of the increasingly unpredictable and seemingly capricious nature of undergraduate admissions.

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DC College Counseling

DECEMBER 5, 2023

While we all hope that the early admission decisions will bring good news, it takes some of the pressure off to know that all of the essays are finished, no matter what. percent over last year’s early application totals and a record number of first-year applications. If this occurs, I predict one of two scenarios.

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Great College Advice

JULY 24, 2023

The student agrees to withdraw all other applications, and not accept any other offers of admission. Early action programs are a hybrid. Students may apply early under these early action (EA) programs and receive an early admissions decision. So why, then, do colleges like the early decision process?

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Your child will want to check on the policies for “applying out” at each program they’re interested in. What about test-optional policies? Since the start of the pandemic many schools revised their standardized testing policies and decided a test-optional policy was preferable for the time being.

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Excelsior Admissions Consulting

JANUARY 6, 2023

Although there has been some variability, the trend in early applications indicates that more students are choosing to apply for Early Decision or Restrictive Early Action to highly selective colleges. Here is a summary of early admissions statistics for the Class of 2027. Click here for the news release.

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BestColleges

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Pavel Payano, both Democrats, the bill seeks to "advance fairness, integrity, and excellence in higher education admissions." Vague at times, it leaves several key questions unanswered, but the spirit of the bill aligns with growing sentiments around preferential admissions policies. for non-legacies.

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Top Tier Admissions

MAY 13, 2024

This year’s high school seniors navigated an admissions season bookended by the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn affirmative action and a fiasco with the federal financial aid form (FAFSA) that has left half a million students and their families without vital information on college costs and financial aid awards.

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