What was once a rite of passage has become a high-stakes, anxiety-inducing gauntlet that prioritizes exclusivity over ...

Colleges have seen a more significant influx of applicants during the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 admission cycles, "largely because many of these schools went test-optional," College Data stated.

Application growth slowed in fall 2020, when many schools were still ... president and CEO of the Common App, a nonprofit college admissions membership organization. "One of the key challenges ...

Once the essay is written, there are some free tools to get feedback such as Get Schooled, which Branam notes reviewed more than 1,000 college admissions essays in 2020. Just getting admitted isn ...

The 2020-21 year was a shock to the entire system of higher ... And over all, private colleges are expecting more students this fall than last. One way that college admissions was definitely different ...

For a high school junior, springtime is usually reserved for ACT or SAT testing, as well as college campus visits and meeting with an admissions counselor to begin the process of choosing what and ...

Since Boston College first offered a test-optional admission plan during the 2020-21 application cycle, approximately 2/3 of admitted students submitted SAT and/or ACT test scores. To reduce the cost ...

In November, early results from the Common Application—an undergraduate college admission application that can be used ... in applications from low-income and AHANA students over 2019-2020, he said.