Applicants Continue to Flock to Early Admission Programs
One theme that emerges is that many binding early decision and nonbinding early action programs continue to record double-digit increases in applicants when compared with the previous year.
View ArticleHow the Deal on the Fiscal Cliff Affects Financial Aid
Mark Kantrowitz, an expert on paying for college, explains how the new legislation affects financial aid for current and prospective college students.
View ArticleLafayette Selects Its First Female President
Alison R. Byerly will succeed Daniel H. Weiss as the new president of Lafayette College, a liberal arts institution that was founded in 1826.
View ArticleAmong University of California Applicants, Latinos Take the Lead
The U.C. system also received 174,767 applications this year, a record high.
View ArticleShould Colleges Stop Giving Credit for High A.P. Scores?
Dartmouth College has recently announced that it will no longer give college credit to students who score well on Advanced Placement tests.
View ArticleU.C.L.A. Receives More Than 90,000 Applications for Fall 2013
While gathering The Choice blog's annual application tally for the freshman class of 2013, one thing is clear: The competitive nature of college admissions has yet to reach a tipping point.
View ArticleCommon Application Releases New Essay Prompts
The Common App will still be a stickler for word lengths, as we reported in October. However, the maximum word count has increased to 650 words.
View ArticleCarnegie Mellon Selects New President
Subra Suresh, the director of the National Science Foundation, will become president of the Pittsburgh school on July 1.
View ArticleWe Are the Mighty, Mighty MOOCs
Ted Fiske, a former education editor at The Times and the author of "The Fiske Guide to Colleges," remixes alma maters for the era of massive open online courses.
View ArticleCollege President Raises Concerns About Obama’s College Scorecard
Catharine Hill, the president of Vassar College, says that including data on what college graduates earn could be "misleading."
View ArticleColleges Report 2013 Acceptance Rates
In our fourth listing of college admissions statistics, we include a three-year look at early, regular and overall acceptance rates.
View ArticleBrown University Creates Online Course for High School Students
The free online engineering course could start a trend of directly advising high school students and their teachers on specific curriculums, motivated in part by the hypercompetitive college admissions...
View ArticleMore College Applicants Aren’t Welcome Until Second Semester
The practice, which colleges and universities consider an economic benefit, comes as a shock to students.
View ArticleMore Than 200 Colleges Are Still Taking Applications for Fall 2013
More than 99 percent of the schools still have housing, and all of them are still offering financial aid, according to the National Association for College Admission Counseling.
View ArticleIn California, Push for Diversity in College Starts Earlier
Universities are working to diversify their student bodies in states like California, which has eliminated race-conscious admissions.
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