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college admissions stories: 47 news summaries

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Gap Year Gains Favor Among High School Graduates

Industry grows to help them put off college

Dec 30, 08 7:08 PM CST
(Newser) - As more high school graduates decide to take a so-called “gap-year” before college, a veritable industry has sprung up to offer these seekers advice on how to go about it, the Wall Street Journal reports. Given the increased popularity of a year off, which some educators advocate because... More »

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travel • college admissions • community service • gap year • college student • high school students • teenager

 Colleges Drop 
 SAT Bar for Jocks 

Athletes score 220 points lower on SAT than average classmate

Dec 29, 08 3:13 AM CST
(Newser) - Though athletes have long enjoyed a break on college admissions, new numbers on how far they lag behind other students on SAT scores have raised concerns of fairness. Nationwide, football jocks average 220 points lower on the SAT than their classmates at 54 universities studied by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Basketball... More »

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SAT • college admissions • athlete • universities • college sports • college student • athletic scholarships

US Students Flock North for Cheap Tuition

Canadian universities appeal to Americans in tough economy

Dec 25, 08 7:50 PM CST
(Newser) - Cash-strapped Americans with their sights set on college see Canada as an affordable alternative to domestic institutions, the Boston Globe reports. Low tuition fees and a stronger US dollar—it’s worth $1.21 in Canada right now—are luring more high school students in the northeast across the border,... More »

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Canada • college admissions • higher education • college • recession • college tuition • college applications

Applicant Pool Down, Private Colleges Begin to Panic

Fears of high costs may be driving drop

Dec 22, 08 7:19 AM CST
(Newser) - Private colleges are receiving notably fewer regular applications this year, sparking widespread concern among the schools that enrollment will plunge, the New York Times reports. Reasons for the drop may include families’ worries about soaring tuition and a general decline in the number of schools to which each student applies.... More »

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college admissions • college • college costs • college applications

Colleges Seek Kids' Opinions on Grapefruit, Perfect Crime

Quirky questions catch students off-guard

Dec 9, 08 12:34 PM CST
(Newser) - Bored with prospective students regurgitating textbook knowledge, Cambridge and Oxford have revamped their interview questions to include the abstract (Would you rather be a novel or a poem?), the existential (What does it mean to be happy?), and the downright crazy (How would you poison someone and get away with... More »

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college admissions • Cambridge • Oxford • private schools • interview • college preparation

Want to Get Into College?
Try These Student Tips

College freshmen share their lessons about admissions success

Nov 30, 08 9:16 PM CST
(Newser) - Applications continue to flood into top US colleges despite the economic slowdown. With admissions as competitive as ever, the Wall Street Journal talks to six people who know—college freshmen—and asks for their advice:
  • Don't let naysayers deter you from your dream school: "It pays off to
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At More and More Colleges, SAT Is Now MIA 

Standardized test seen as poorly calibrated measure of students' abilities

Nov 24, 08 1:36 PM CST
(Newser) - Colleges are fleeing the SAT, saying the standardized test is not a reliable predictor of academic success, the Boston Globe reports. But though a coalition is forming against the requirement, even doubtful admission officials see the need for a field-leveler for disparate applicants. “The SAT only measures how good... More »

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SAT • college admissions • higher education • college • standardized testing • economic disparity

GPA, Personal Essay, SATs ... and Sabotage?

Anonymous smear letters on the rise, say admissions officers

Oct 20, 08 12:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - With competition for college admissions ever rising, some students are aiming to get ahead by trashing their rivals. Admission officials around the US have reported receiving newspaper clippings, references to Facebook pages, and, in one case, a letter written in crayon pointing out other applicants' false claims or unseemly behavior.... More »

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college admissions • University of Chicago • competition • Notre Dame • sabotage • Harvard • colleges and universities • admissions officers

 Throw Out SAT, 
 Say College Deans 

Panel recommends move away from standardized testing

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,... More »

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high school • SAT • college admissions • college • universities • admissions officers • ACT exam • standardized testing

Prof Rips UCLA for 'Illegal' Race Admissions

School denies 'coverup' over rising number of black students

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." "... More »

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African Americans • college admissions • UCLA • professor • college student

PSAT Will Expand College Testing Stress to Jr. High

Earlier exam will help students prep, College Board says

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... More »

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high school • SAT • college admissions • college board • middle school • college preparation • junior high • PSAT

 SAT, ACT Cheats Get Off Easy 

Agencies under fire for canceling scores without exposing, punishing students

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... More »

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SAT • college admissions • test score • exam • cheating • college applications • ACT exam

Ruling Lets Students Pick Top SAT Score

Officials slam new policy as benefit to wealthy kids

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... More »

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 'Sisters' Colleges 
 Recruit in Middle East 

Single-sex education remains strong in region

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... More »

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Middle East • women • college admissions • higher education • college • Smith College • Wellesley

 Road to Ivy Paved
 With Rejection Letters 

Thin-letter notices reach students in record numbers

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... More »

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SAT • college admissions • college • university • college student • high school students

Top Colleges Report Record Low Rates of Admission

Harvard accepts just 7% of applicants

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... More »

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education • Columbia University • Yale University • Ivy League • college admissions • college • university • Dartmouth • Harvard • college applications

Diploma Drop to Make College Entry Easier

Slump in high school grad numbers will
spark 'buyers market'

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... More »

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African Americans • college admissions • college • university • student • Hispanic • high school students • college applications

Colleges Turn to New Media to Recruit Students

Recruiters using blogs, social networking, even text messages

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—... More »

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social networking • college admissions • blogging • colleges and universities • texting • prospective student • admissions officers • IMs • virtual campus tours • podcasts

UK Students Choosing Ivies Over Oxbridge

Financial aid, academic freedom lure record number of Brits

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... More »

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Ivy League • college admissions • Oxford University • Cambridge University

Getting into Harvard not as Easy as P-R-E-P

Elite colleges taking more students from abroad, public schools

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.... More »

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Duke University • high school • Ivy League • college admissions • MIT • University of Chicago • Cornell University • Johns Hopkins University • University of Pennsylvania • Harvard • Princeton • Williams • Pomona • Swarthmore • Phillips Academy • Brown University

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