Top Tier Admissions

JANUARY 2, 2024

If you’re waiting on SAT or ACT scores, late application deadlines can be a lifeline. Consider a gap year and spend the extra time creating an enriching year that readies you for the Class of 2029 application cycle! Demonstrate Interest Take this extra time to further demonstrate your interest at these schools.

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Admissions Village

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

This week, Yale announced that they will require testing but that they are flexible on which type of testing, SAT, ACT, AP, or IB exam score. Yale has said if you want to submit AP scores in lieu of SAT or ACT scores they would like to see all of them. Perhaps not surprisingly, demand for SAT and ACT testing has been rising.

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Top Tier Admissions

APRIL 19, 2024

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. Brown followed the lead of Dartmouth College and Yale University who will also require standardized test scores , effective for the Class of 2029.

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BestColleges

JUNE 19, 2023

The Community College Agriculture Advancement Act has bipartisan support in both the U.S. The Community College Agriculture Advancement Act , sponsored by lawmakers from both sides of the aisle in both the U.S. New federal legislation aims to boost community college agriculture programs with annual grants.

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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. This will be enormously helpful to students as they approach the application process.

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The Koppelman Group

MARCH 22, 2024

But then there are THE tests — the SAT and ACT are notorious in college admissions and among the students who take them. Given that the policy could change, and that 81% of students enrolled as first years in the fall of 2022 submitted an SAT or ACT, we highly recommend that international students submit standardized test scores.

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The Koppelman Group

MARCH 13, 2024

There are the obvious things, like trying to sort out what college is best for you from the thousands of colleges and universities, and then there are the more nitty gritty bits like choosing whether to submit SAT or ACT scores and how to ask a teacher for a recommendation.

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Top Tier Admissions

MARCH 5, 2024

This new policy will begin with the class of 2029. Paxson and comprised of members of the Corporation of Brown University and Brown senior faculty “to ensure that the University is fully realizing its educational mission and upholding its commitments to academic excellence, equity, access and diversity.”

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BestColleges

APRIL 19, 2023

It was brought into the CSU system in 1960 via the Donahoe Higher Education Act , which brought together all state colleges into one system. According to Humboldt, the school is launching at least 12 academic programs in fall 2023 and a total of 27 new academic and experiential programs by 2029.

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The Koppelman Group

JULY 18, 2023

The decision won’t come into play until next cycle, for the class of 2029, so we don’t know exactly how things will change. The Court held that Harvard College’s admissions system does not comply with the principles of the equal protection clause embodied in Title VI of the Civil Rights Act. President and Fellows of Harvard College.

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Top Tier Admissions

APRIL 26, 2024

Recently, peer institutions like Dartmouth College , Yale University , Brown University and Cornell University announced a return to requiring SAT or ACT scores. Harvard University also backtracked from its two-year test-optional commitment when it announced it would require standardized test scores , effective for the Class of 2029.

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Ivy College Essay

AUGUST 3, 2023

What SAT or ACT scores do I need to get into Harvard? Because of the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on students and families, Harvard has announced that it will continue being test-optional for the upcoming classes, including the classes of 2027, 2028, 2029, and 2030.

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BestColleges

JANUARY 3, 2024

The complaint alleges that the use of legacy admissions unfairly advantages white students and that the practice violates Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Senators from both sides of the aisle introduced the Protecting Athletes, Schools, and Sports (PASS) Act last year, signaling a move to regulate NIL's impact on college athletics.

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BestColleges

MARCH 13, 2023

Biden recommitted to doubling the Pell Grant by 2029 in his latest budget proposal. His budget also seeks to raise the discretionary maximum federal Pell Grant another $820 per year in 2024, which would help him reach his goal of doubling the max Pell Grant from 2023-2029. Approximately 6.8

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BestColleges

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Biden also said he wanted Congress to double the maximum Pell Grant by 2029. This description fits the program recently proposed in the IGNITE HBCU, TCU, and MSI Excellence Act. However, it's a long way off from the 25.7% We think that it is a necessity that this bill passes this Congress," Murray said.

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BestColleges

JANUARY 24, 2023

The CHIPS and Science Act will now force universities to disclose gifts and contracts worth more than $50,000 from a foreign source. Soon after GAO released the report, she introduced the College Cost Transparency and Student Protection Act. His marquee action last year — the Stop WOKE Act — was struck down in court.

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