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Why is UT-Austin so competitive?

Tex Admissions

They will say, Back in my day, as long as you didnt flunk out of school and had a decent SAT, you could gain admission. Changes in the automatic admissions state law In 2009, UT-Austin confronted an issue where almost all of their spaces for Texas residents were occupied by those guaranteed admission by ranking in the top 10% of their class.

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The Admissions Process Is Not Necessarily About You!

Admissions Village

At this time of year, social media is filled with posts of X kid with XY stats who did not get into Z college. Ivy day is a blood bath because, hello, the HUGE majority of kids do not get accepted to these colleges. Kids are asking, “What more could I have done?”. This is not a simple equation of hard work = reward. So what does this all mean?

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IT'S NOT YOU, IT’S THEM

Admissions Village

At this time of year, social media is filled with posts of X kid with XY stats who did not get into Z college. Ivy day is a blood bath because, hello, the HUGE majority of kids do not get accepted to these colleges. Kids are asking, “What more could I have done?”. This is the part of the process that makes so many students and families crazy.

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5 Stats That Graduate Enrollment Leaders Need to Know

Ruffaloni

I recently developed a new data-driven presentation called “How to Win in the Graduate Market” that seeks to first lay out the state of the market and then talk through a list of 20 things that enrollment leaders need to be sure are happening in order to align with student expectations. percent among CGS member schools.

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Where Is the Graduate Education Market Headed?

Ruffaloni

Earlier this month, the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) released their annual “Graduate Enrollment and Degrees 2012-2022” report. They are among the 15 institutions enrolling the largest numbers of graduate students in the United States. Programs need to serve students whose expectations have changed dramatically. Good so far.

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MIT Legacy Policies and Guide

The Koppelman Group

Way back in 2012, the admissions office clearly laid out their position on legacy. But one of the things that makes MIT special is the fact that it is meritocratic to its cultural coreThere is only one way into (and out of) MIT, and thats the hard way. The overall acceptance rate for the Class of 2028 was a mere 4.5%.

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Creating a data-informed campus: part 3

EAB

Accountability comes in many forms: to state or governing agencies, students, key performance indicators, operating measures, and more. Accountability comes in many forms: to state or governing agencies, students, key performance indicators, operating measures, and more. Indeed, “one of the defining characteristics of current U.S.