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September 2008
- Throw Out SAT, Say College Deans
  
  New York Times | Sep 22, 08 8:28 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Colleges should make admissions decisions without requiring the SAT or ACT, says a group of deans led by Harvard's admissions chief in a yearlong study that concluded standardized tests distort students' high school experiences, exacerbate class disparities, and enrich only the billion-dollar test prep industry. Instead, say the admissions officers, colleges should place greater emphasis on high school coursework and introduce a new, broader achievement test. More »
  
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  college • high school • college admissions • SAT • universities • admissions officers • ACT exam
August 2008
- Prof Rips UCLA for 'Illegal' Race Admissions
  
  Los Angeles Times | Aug 31, 08 4:53 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A UCLA professor is accusing the school of admitting students based on race even though the practice remains illegal in California, the Los Angeles Times reports. Tim Groseclose resigned this week from an admissions committee and posted an 89-page report online accusing the university of a "coverup." "A growing body of evidence strongly suggests that UCLA is cheating on admissions," he wrote. More »
  
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  African Americans • college admissions • UCLA • professor • college students
- PSAT Will Expand College Testing Stress to Jr. High
  
  Los Angeles Times | Aug 8, 08 1:55 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The College Board will start offering the PSAT to eighth-graders in 2010, the LA Times reports. Students normally take the exam, a precursor of the SAT, in 10th or 11th grade, but kids have been signing up earlier in recent years. Critics charge that the College Board is pushing the college prep schedule forward to make more profit. More »
  
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  high school • college admissions • SAT • college board • college preparation • middle school • junior high • PSAT
July 2008
- SAT, ACT Cheats Get Off Easy
  
  Los Angeles Times | Jul 15, 08 10:44 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - College hopefuls caught cheating on their ACT or SAT exams are likely to face few consequences, the Los Angeles Times reports, due to policies under which the administering agencies simply cancel suspicious scores on the college-admission exams. High schools and colleges are kept in the dark about potential wrongdoing, and students are generally allowed to retake the exams. More »
  
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  college admissions • SAT • cheating • test score • college applications • exam • ACT exam
June 2008
- Ruling Lets Students Pick Top SAT Score
  
  Los Angeles Times | Jun 21, 08 3:01 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - High school students can soon pick which of their SAT scores are sent to colleges, the Los Angeles Times reports. Starting with the class of 2010, the College Board, which administers the exam, will reverse its policy of sending all results—good, bad, or indifferent. A spokesman said the change would give students more control and less stress. More »
  
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  college admissions • SAT • high school students • college board • exam
- 'Sisters' Colleges Recruit in Middle East
  
  New York Times | Jun 3, 08 10:31 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Facing fewer applicants than comparable co-ed institutions around the US, representatives of top women’s colleges toured the Middle East this spring on a recruiting mission, the New York Times reports. While women’s colleges have become a niche market for US applicants, single-sex education remains widespread in the Middle East. But attending one of them can be a shock to students expecting protected environments, honoring traditional women's roles. More »
  
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  Middle East • women • college • higher education • college admissions • Smith College • Wellesley
April 2008
- Road to Ivy Paved With Rejection Letters
  
  Austin American-Statesman | Apr 19, 08 3:31 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The dreaded thin letter from college admissions offices is cluttering mailboxes in record numbers this year, but you'd think the elite of the elite would be safe. Not so, reports the Austin American-Statesman , which talks to local top students, including one who capped his impressive high school record with perfect scores on his SAT and ACT but failed to sway Harvard, Yale, Princeton, MIT, and others. More »
  
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  college • university • college student • college admissions • SAT • high school students
- Top Colleges Report Record Low Rates of Admission
  
  New York Times | Apr 1, 08 3:01 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Acceptance letters from the nation's top colleges will begin to arrive on prospective students' doorsteps today, but far more rejection letters are in the mail than ever before, reports the New York Times. Harvard and Yale accepted only 7.1% and 8.3% of applicants, respectively, both record lows as schools struggle with changing demographics. More »
  
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  education • college • Harvard • university • Yale University • college admissions • Ivy League • Columbia University • Dartmouth • college applications
March 2008
- Diploma Drop to Make College Entry Easier
  
  New York Times | Mar 9, 08 4:34 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Students will find college entry far easier in coming years as the number of high school graduates falls, the New York Times reports. The annual US grad count is expected to peak at around 2.9 million in the next year or two, and then slump until 2015. “For the high school graduate, this becomes a buyers’ market,” said University of Vermont President Daniel Fogel. More »
  
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  college • African Americans • student • university • college admissions • Hispanics • high school students • college applications
January 2008
- Colleges Turn to New Media to Recruit Students
  
  Boston Globe | Jan 7, 08 4:35 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - If MySpace and Facebook are where the high school kids are, then that’s where college recruiters are headed. Schools competing for today’s tech-savvy teens are reaching out to them through podcasts, online videos, virtual campus tours, live chats, blogs, and social networking profiles, reports the Boston Globe —and those stuffy old admissions officers are increasingly in touch with prospectives via IM and text. More »
  
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  social networking • blogging • colleges and universities • college admissions • texting • podcasts • prospective student • admissions officers
December 2007
- UK Students Choosing Ivies Over Oxbridge
  
  Times (UK) | Dec 24, 07 8:15 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - A record number of British students are forsaking Oxford and Cambridge to apply to elite American schools, the Times of London reports. Lured by more generous financial aid packages and less restrictive curricula, students are crossing the pond to the Ivy League. Yale's applications from Britain, for one, have tripled in 10 years. More »
  
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  college admissions • Ivy League • Oxford University • Cambridge University
- Getting into Harvard not as Easy as P-R-E-P
  
  Wall Street Journal | Dec 1, 07 4:19 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Ivy-League-seeking parents beware: admissions officers at top schools around the country are looking for more than just the private-school preppie. While private and prep schools still lead the way, a growing percentage of students at elite universities are public school grads and international scholars, the Wall Street Journal reveals. At Penn, international students compose 13% of the class of 2011. More »
  
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  high school • Harvard • MIT • Duke University • University of Chicago • college admissions • Ivy League • University of Pennsylvania • Johns Hopkins University • Princeton • Cornell University • Brown University
August 2007
- Average SAT Score Slips Again
  
  Associated Press | Aug 28, 07 9:01 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The average SAT score for 2007 wa

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