AdmissionSight

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

Standardized test scores (optional). UVA is test-optional, but if you choose to submit scores, they will superscore your SAT/ACT (considering only the highest section scores). The men’s basketball team won the 2019 NCAA National Championship. Application fee. If the fee is a barrier, you can request a waiver.

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Marks Education

APRIL 25, 2025

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AdmissionSight

JANUARY 23, 2025

For example, Harvard received 40,248 applications in the 2019-2020 admissions cycle, but in 2020-2021, that number soared to a record-high of 57,000 ! Dartmouth applications also surged nearly 33%, with over 28,000 applications. While you can expect future Ivy Days to follow a similar schedule, its not set in stone.

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Marks Education

MAY 5, 2025

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AdmissionSight

MARCH 20, 2025

For example, Harvard received 40,248 applications in the 2019-2020 admissions cycle, but in 2020-2021, that number soared to a record-high of 57,000 ! Dartmouth applications also surged nearly 33%, with over 28,000 applications. While you can expect future Ivy Days to follow a similar schedule, its not set in stone.

Ivy League

AdmissionSight

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

For context, back in 2019, the RD acceptance rate was still around 17.5%. Target standardized test scores Take note that Notre Dame has a test-optional policy i n place through at least the 2025-26 admissions cycle. This policy also applies to both first-year and transfer applicants. 2027 17,190 10.5%

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AdmissionSight

DECEMBER 19, 2024

2020 32,390 9% 2019 30,397 8.5% Browns total applications jumped by more than 60% between 2019 and 2028. Back in 2019, Browns acceptance rate was 8.5%; now, its down to a razor-thin 5.2%. 2019 27,381 7.2% 2019 3,016 20.5% Brown Early Decision policy So, whats the deal with Early Decision? 2027 51,302 5.1%

Acceptance

AdmissionSight

APRIL 14, 2025

in 2019, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) High School Transcript Study (HSTS). With transfer-friendly policies and many programs open for dual enrollment, Tiffin is a standout choice if you’re dead-set on getting that degree. Heres how GPAs are typically converted to a 4.0 Scale A+ 97-100 4.0

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Admissions Village

APRIL 25, 2023

Part 3: This Process Is Opaque In the first part of this series, we discussed the role that the rise of test-optional (it is now optional to submit standardized test scores, SAT or ACT, at most colleges) has played in opening up the applicant pool to highly selective colleges.

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Top Tier Admissions

APRIL 3, 2023

The number of applications has risen by about 12,500 since the 2019-20 admissions cycle. According to a survey done by enrollment management firm Maguire Associates, these policies have also helped increase application numbers from low-income students and from students who belong to marginalized racial and ethnic groups.

Acceptance

Admitted

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Financial aid discussions have centered on simplifying FAFSA and increasing federal Pell Grants – all important – but federal student aid policies are only one funding source for families trying to determine how to pay for college. The topic of institutional financial aid policy often takes a backseat to the federal aid policy conversation.

Financial Aid

Shemmassian Academic Consulting

JULY 9, 2023

This became especially true in 2020, given changes in test administration and colleges’ testing policies due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Two years later, colleges continue to update their testing requirements, with some extending their test-optional periods and others opting for permanent changes.

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BestColleges

MARCH 12, 2024

The University of Pennsylvania will extend its test-optional policy for another year. Penn's announcement follows news that Dartmouth, Yale, and Brown will reinstate standardized test requirements beginning next fall. Test-optional colleges could realize a competitive admissions advantage over rivals that require scores.

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Top Tier Admissions

APRIL 19, 2024

The number of student veterans on campus has roughly doubled since 2019. BROWN’S CHANGING ADMISSIONS POLICIES Brown University announced in early March that it would once again require students applying for fall 2025 admission to submit either a SAT or ACT score. There are other standardized tests (AP, IB, etc.)

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Top Tier Admissions

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

This morning, Dartmouth College announced that they are reactivating the standardized testing requirement for undergraduate admission, effective with the Class of 2029. Test scores are more reliable than high school grades, partly because of grade inflation in recent years.”

SAT

SSA Online College Prep

JULY 3, 2023

Schools go test-optional in an attempt to increase diversity and be less reliant on standardized test scores in admissions decisions. But many top schools still require standardized tests. More schools each year are going test-optional. There are test-optional schools all across the country.

SAT

The Koppelman Group

MARCH 1, 2024

In the last few weeks, both Dartmouth and Yale have decided to end the test-optional policies they adopted during the height of COVID-19 lockdowns in 2020. Since adopting test-optional, a lot of schools started extending their policies out by years or even indefinitely (like Michigan). And schools love this.

Testing

Top Tier Admissions

OCTOBER 24, 2023

First, the overall reliance of standardized test scores has gone down as most colleges and universities chose to extend their pandemic-era testing policies. A trio of top schools – Georgetown, MIT, and the University of Florida – require testing. WHAT WE LEARNED What did we learn from this analysis?

SAT

Humbach Education Consulting

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

According to the Prep Scholar blog (as of May 2019), only 28 colleges require the SAT Essay although a number of other schools recommend it. There are additional schools that recommend submitting the SAT Essay or the ACT Writing - and some schools do use this part of the test for placement purposes or other consideration.

ACT

BestColleges

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Vague at times, it leaves several key questions unanswered, but the spirit of the bill aligns with growing sentiments around preferential admissions policies. For the classes of 2014-2019, Harvard legacies were admitted at a rate of 33.6% , compared to 5.9% About 28% of Harvard's class of 2019 were legacies. for non-legacies.

Early Decision

Shemmassian Academic Consulting

JANUARY 3, 2024

If you hope to add your name to the Yale Law School alumni list, you probably already know that you’ll need stellar undergraduate grades and standardized test scores, stand-out personal essays, and that little, mysterious, crucial something extra to be a competitive applicant.

Semester

BestColleges

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Eligibility for the scholarship hit an all-time low of 17% for the class of 2022 following the reinstatement of standardized testing requirements, according to the report. The scholarship features three different tiers based on GPA and standardized testing scores.

Scholarships

AdmissionSight

DECEMBER 18, 2024

2019 20,505 10.3% for the Class of 2019 to the current level. Test-optional policies introduced during the pandemic expanded the applicant pool, bringing in students who might not have applied otherwise. 2020 18,748 9% 2019 18,646 8.8% Dartmouths Early Decision policy Early Decision at Dartmouth is binding.

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DC College Counseling

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

BIGGEST COLLEGE-RELATED NEWS OF THE WEEK DARTMOUTH COLLEGE REINSTATES SAT/ACT REQUIREMENT On Monday morning, Dartmouth College announced that they will require applicants to submit standardized test scores in the upcoming undergraduate admissions cycle. This tool allows you to look at math scores by district from 2019 through 2023.)

Campus Tours

Solomon Admissions

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Luckily, a deferral frees you from any existing obligations to the school that might have existed due to Early Action or Early Decision policies, allowing you to reassess and prioritize other pending applications. This can be due to standardized tests, grades, and other qualifications that are not on par with the standards set for admission.

Waitlist

BestColleges

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Many public universities, the study found, increased their prices then provided tuition discounts to lure "affluent out-of-state students with decent standardized test scores" in order to "climb up the rankings and increase their revenue."

Scholarships

AdmissionSight

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

2019 18,306 8% If you look at the numbers, it’s pretty clear: back in 2019, MIT’s acceptance rate was around 8%. 2019 11,787 7.1% Back in 2019, it was hovering around 7.1%, but for recent classes, it’s barely reaching 4%. 2019 6,519 9.6% For the Class of 2019, the acceptance rate was sitting at a friendlier 9.6%.

Acceptance

College Essay Guy

MAY 30, 2023

Some academic and nonacademic factors that the university takes into consideration are class rank, GPA, standardized test scores, application essays, recommendations, extracurricular activities, talent, and personal qualities. You can find more quick facts about the 2019- 2020 applicants here.

Admissions

Shemmassian Academic Consulting

JANUARY 22, 2024

As with college admissions, part of the grad school admissions portfolio includes a less personal element: standardized testing. While you prepare to take the test, you might wonder: how important is your GRE score compared with other application components? 75th 157-158 164-165 4.0-4.5 90th 162-163 168-169 4.5-5.0

Letters of Recommendation

College Essay Guy

APRIL 2, 2023

Regardless of the time you decide to apply, the FSU requirements—GPA, standardized test scores, and essays—remain the same. To put this into perspective, the College Board stated that a score of 1350 placed in the top 10% of SAT takers in 2019. and 4.3 - 4.6, respectively. SAT Score Range Composite Score % 1400 - 1600 16.3%

Admissions

AdmissionSight

DECEMBER 22, 2024

Unlike traditional public schools , charter schools have more freedom when it comes to curriculum, teaching methods, and school policies. These goals are typically measured through student performance metrics like standardized test scores, graduation rates, and college acceptance rates. Innovative teaching methods.

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DC College Counseling

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

According to them, early applications to member schools are up 41% over pre-pandemic numbers from 2019-2020. He recommends students ask questions when they look at colleges and universities' middle 50% of test scores to understand whose scores are included in that figure.

PSAT

University Gurus

MARCH 5, 2021

Because of a lawsuit challenging Harvard’s admissions policies and practices, the university was forced to disclose its sorting and deliberation process in uncomfortable detail. As admissions expert Jeffrey Selingo notes, in the last 15 years the GPA and standardized test score have “come to mean less and less.”.

Admissions

College Essay Guy

APRIL 1, 2024

On the other hand, a graduate student in environmental science might focus on courses related to climate modeling, environmental policy analysis, and sustainable resource management. According to a 2019 report from Payscale, two thirds of graduate degree holders have some regret about their decision to attend grad school.

Loans

StandOut College Prep

APRIL 18, 2023

With more test-optional schools, colleges use your GPA to predict your chances for academic success. A 2020 research study conducted by Allensworth and Clark supports that your high school GPA shows colleges your ability to succeed in better than standardized test scores. So how do you know which GPA to report to colleges?

GPA

Shemmassian Academic Consulting

JANUARY 2, 2024

NYU accepts LSAT scores from test administrations that occurred up to five years before the application date. For example, a score from the June 2019 LSAT is the oldest LSAT score that students applying in the 2024 cycle are allowed to use. Get the best grades and standardized test scores possible.

Early Decision

BestColleges

DECEMBER 21, 2022

The term percentile is commonly used in standardized tests. It's a measure of how your test score compares to other test-takers' results. If you scored in the 99th percentile, only 1% of test takers scored higher than you. If you scored in the 40th percentile, 60% of test takers scored higher than you.

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