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New Report Stirs Debate Over Early Applications

Attention high school seniors: Did you submit a college application based on the school’s “early decision” or “early action” deadline? If so, you may have significantly increased your chances of getting accepted. According to an analysis of 2009 admission rates at 233 colleges by

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Are College Rankings Based on Circular Logic?

When students are making the all-important decision of where to apply to college, they often turn to U.S. News and World Report’s rankings of colleges and universities. According to one study, more than half of incoming college freshmen surveyed said the rankings were important when […]

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On April 15 and 16, 2009, Wake Forest University hosted top admissions officers and leading researchers from Berkeley, Duke, Harvard, Ohio State, Princeton, Texas, Virginia, Yale and other universities along with the director of data research for U.S. News & World Report for the Rethinking Admissions conference.

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