U.S. News & World Report has released its latest rankings of the American’s Best Colleges 2010, and Harvard and Princeton are once again tied for number one. Several other universities also maintained their top rankings including Wake Forest, which tied for 28 with Tufts University […]
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Are the SATs necessary for college admissions? Or is high school performance just as good an indicator of a student’s likely success? Those are the two questions that U.S. News & World Report is inviting its readers to discuss online as its September issue hits newsstands. […]
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American University in Washington D. C. has joined the ranks of other universities that have decided to make standardized testing optional for some applicants. In this case, the option is only open to students who are applying under the school’s early-decision plan. Incoming freshmen who […]
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By Martha Allman During the winter months in the Admissions Office, Fridays are dedicated to “Committee.” We gather with stacks of applications, discuss them, argue about them, eat lunch over them, plead for them, and then eventually vote as to whether or not they should […]
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There was plenty of righteous indignation to go around when the Chicago Tribune broke the story of the University of Illinois’ track record of showing favoritism to applicants with friends in high places, The school reacted quickly, promising to change its policies and accepting the […]
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Welcome back to our Rethinking Admissions blog. The national conference Wake Forest hosted on the topic may have ended last spring, but the issues we discussed over those two days keep making their way back into the public consciousness. Since this blog proved to be […]
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