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NEWS ABOUT: admissions

admissions stories: 5 news summaries

 NY College 
 Offers Freshmen 
 $10K to Wait a Year 

Ithaca finds novel solution to over-enrollment

Oct 9, 09 5:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ithaca College faced flagging enrollment last year, so it loosened admissions criteria. But that backfired: The New York school admitted 250 students more than it can accommodate this year. Even after building a temporary dorm, the college still doesn’t have room for 31 of them, so it’s making... More »

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admissions • college admissions • college • Ithaca, NY • students • defer • Ithaca College

Colleges Use Student Blogs as Free PR

Warts-and-all posts by undergrads can lure savvy prospects

Oct 2, 09 12:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Colleges are loosening the reins on student bloggers in hopes that a dose of candid commentary will lure prospective applicants. At MIT, for instance, bloggers paid by the admissions office go about their work with no fear of censorship. That policy has caused some friction—including a spat between the... More »

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admissions • college admissions • censorship • MIT • blogging • blogger • college student • high school students • college applications • undergraduates • Massachusetts Institute of Technology • Haverford College

Personality Test to Supplement Grad Exams

Prospective students will be ranked on
creativity, ethics

Jul 10, 09 6:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - For students applying to graduate school, good GREs and warm recommendation letters will soon not be enough. The Educational Testing Service has developed an index for professors and supervisors to use to rank students on a 1-to-5 scale for attributes like teamwork, creativity and integrity. The goal of the questionnaire... More »

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admissions • educational testing • college • university • graduation rates

Pols Pushed U. of Illinois
Into Taking Students

'Clout list' just amounts to 'blackmail:' critics

May 30, 09 4:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Prominent state lawmakers have been pressuring administrators at the University of Illinois to accept favored applicants or risk facing their wrath, the Chicago Tribune reports. Analyzing 1,800 documents, the paper found that subpar applicants on a “clout list” gained admission over the objections of admissions officers after school... More »

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admissions • University of Illinois • blackmail • Illinois • students • politicians

College President Disputes Rankings

U.S. News accused of fabricating
average SAT scores

Mar 14, 07 7:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - A college president is lobbing allegations of shoddy journalism at U.S. News magazine, accusing its annual college-ranking guide of fabricating data for its upcoming report. Although Sarah Lawrence tossed out its SAT requirement for incoming freshman, president Michele Tolela Myers says U.S. News decided to assign an average... More »

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admissions • college admissions • college rankings • college • university • U.S. News

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