Admissions Madness

JULY 23, 2022

The unfortunate reality is that a college degree and debt are a necessary evil for most students to survive in our late stage capitalism world. Harvard Business School professor Arthur Brooks discusses his child who opted out of college in a July 2020 article in the Atlantic that “ A College Degree Is No Guarantee of a Good Life.” I’m skeptical.

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AdmissionSight

MARCH 27, 2023

The competition was launched in September 2010. National STEM Video Game Challenge The National STEM Video Game Challenge is an innovative and engaging competition designed to inspire students and educators alike in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. What is the National STEM Video Game Challenge?

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Tex Admissions

MARCH 20, 2022

The Whitsundays., Queensland, Australia. In the Fall 2018 cycle, UT required all students to write an Academics short answer discussing their academic record. Some students used this as an opportunity to present special circumstances. The prompt also seems to overlap a lot with the Essay A discussing opportunities and obstacles during high school.

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Admissions Village

JULY 5, 2023

It’s worth noting that nine states - California (1996), Washington (1998), Florida (1999), Michigan (2006), Nebraska (2008), Arizona (2010), New Hampshire (2012), Oklahoma (2012), and Idaho (2020) – already had bans on affirmative action in place. So what does the end of race-conscious admissions mean for college admissions?

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Ivy Coach

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

They were also unsuccessful: By the schools’ own admission, no combination of these workarounds worked to enroll the number of underrepresented minority students the universities sought. But it’s no mystery. Michigan voters forced the same on their public universities 10 years later. Why would schools ignore a winning alternative?

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EAB

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Lineage B: Degree planning Even as first-year experience programs grew in popularity from 2000 to 2010, leaders at open-access and two-year institutions began advocating for expanding focus beyond the first year. Blogs How will we measure student success in the 2020s?

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BestColleges

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Keep reading to learn more about average ACT scores, including average scores by year, state, race/ethnicity, and gender. ACT Average Score by State. Check Circle. million students, or 36% of the U.S. high school graduating class of 2022, took the ACT. [1]. Check Circle. In 2022, the national average composite score was 19.8.

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BestColleges

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

HCBUs are leading the way in establishing their own training and research programs to help improve relationships between local minority groups and law enforcement. The Gibbs-Green Tragedy In the 1970s, Jackson State University students protested against white motorists who rode through a popular campus street (John R.

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DC College Counseling

APRIL 2, 2024

A 2010 audit also uncovered significant accounting errors in budgeting federal student financial aid. :) BIGGEST COLLEGE-RELATED NEWS OF THE WEEK UPDATED ADMISSION RESULTS NOW AVAILABLE The results are in! Remember - these statistics often involve rates that are combined between multiple rounds of admission.

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THE SOUTHERN SCOPE – COLLEGE ADMISSIONS BLOG

JUNE 13, 2023

Today’s Reading Reflections from SACAC’s Government Relations Committee We recently asked our State Chairs why it is important for SACAC to do Government Relations work as well as why they personally chose to do the work. As a first-generation Hispanic woman, I understand how the legislative process can be overwhelming.

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College Essay Guy

MARCH 30, 2023

Rankings ( in CEG’s opinion, flawed , but clearly influential) by the media call attention to “top” colleges Ease of the application process provided by Common, Coalition, and system-wide applications: In 2010, the Common Application had 400 member colleges; in 2022, there are over 1000 with more joining every year. What can you do?

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