BestColleges

OCTOBER 11, 2023

A pending bill in the Massachusetts Legislature seeks to eliminate legacy admissions and early decision programs at all colleges in the commonwealth. More than a dozen Massachusetts legislators want to eliminate legacy admissions , donor preferences, and early decision programs. Co-filed by state Rep. for non-legacies.

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BestColleges

JULY 7, 2023

This time, the suit involves legacy admissions , the university's policy of favoring children of alumni. For the classes of 2014-2019, Harvard legacies were admitted at a rate of 33.6% , compared to 5.9% Amherst's decision echoed a similar move by Johns Hopkins University, which jettisoned legacy admissions in 2014.

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Great College Advice

AUGUST 1, 2023

Legacy admissions is a policy that grants preferences to the children of alumni. The policy has been particularly important in the Ivy League and other elite, private schools. In 2014, the percentage had dropped to only 13%. It is not a racist policy. What is legacy admissions? But it ain’t what it used to be.

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BestColleges

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Columbia became the first Ivy to permanently adopt a test-optional admissions policy in 2023. Back in the 2014-2015 cycle , Columbia admitted 6.1% Applying to Columbia University: Early Decision vs. Regular Decision Columbia offers early decision admissions — but it's binding.

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BestColleges

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Criticism of legacy policies has intensified following the U.S. In a 2013 Supreme Court hearing, Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who is Puerto Rican, disagreed that banning legacy policies is race-neutral. Johns Hopkins University, a Maryland institution, abandoned its legacy policy in 2014. Sotomayor said.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The number of people taking the LSAT increased by 40 percent between 2014 and 2021. The closing date varies drastically for every law school, but top law schools have deadlines in early February. Select schools have begun to offer applicants the chance to be admitted through a binding, early decision application cycle.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

JULY 24, 2023

The MPH (master’s in public health) side of the curriculum will grant you specialized training in policy-making and implementation. Here is an example of an effective response to this question: I was born and raised in Mumbai, spending the first twelve years of my life in the city before my parents immigrated our family to Boston in 2014.

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