Top Tier Admissions

APRIL 23, 2024

Other Ivy League institutions, including Dartmouth College , Yale University , and Brown University , have also recently announced they would require standardized test scores again, effective for the Class of 2029. Last year, 53% of enrolling students submitted test scores. Provost Michael I.

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Top Tier Admissions

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Emory announced last month that it would remain test-optional for the Class of 2029 but has yet to make a decision on a long-term policy. Students who begin at the Oxford campus are guaranteed enrollment at Emory for their junior and senior year, as long as they have completed the requirements at Oxford.

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BestColleges

JANUARY 17, 2023

The bill would let some students from Mexico enroll in California Community Colleges. Current enrollment at a San Diego community college costs $46 per unit. Additionally, nonresidents must pay a nonresident tuition fee of $304, plus enrollment and health fees, according to the San Diego Community College District.

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Top Tier Admissions

APRIL 19, 2024

There was a 5% decrease from last year’s applicant pool, a decline that Logan Powell, Associate Provost for Enrollment and Dean of Undergraduate Admissions, said was “planned for and expected.” 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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Top Tier Admissions

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Dartmouth has an undergraduate enrollment of about 4,500, most of whom live on campus. DARTMOUTH REINSTATES STANDARDIZED TESTING Just a few days ago, Dartmouth announced that it would be reinstating its standardized testing requirements , beginning with next year’s Class of 2029.

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Top Tier Admissions

MARCH 5, 2024

This new policy will begin with the class of 2029. Brown’s hesitation to change their binding ED policy and relationship to legacy preferences isn’t surprising given its potential impact on their yield rate (legacy students tend to enroll at higher rates once admitted).

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BestColleges

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

"Under the new regulations, however, all incarcerated people — including those in local and county jails — will have to enroll in a [prison education program] to access Pell Grants," the Center for American Progress website reads.

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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. That said, they are surely amassing data on admission and retention pre- and post-policy. It’s not about reinstating test scores!

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BestColleges

APRIL 19, 2023

Gavin Newsom's big investments in the state's three polytechnic universities are paying off in surging applications and enrollment. The 5% increase is part of a multiyear deal made between the Newsom administration and the CSU system which expects institutions to increase California resident enrollment by 1% each year for the next five years.

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Admissions Village

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Both colleges will start their new testing policy with current high school juniors, the university class of 2029. Lastly, at the end of last year, Aly recorded a podcast for Tests and the Rest with Rob Alexander, the Vice Provost and University Dean of Enrollment Management at the University of Rochester.

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The Koppelman Group

MARCH 22, 2024

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. But then there are THE tests — the SAT and ACT are notorious in college admissions and among the students who take them.

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The Koppelman Group

MARCH 13, 2024

Of accepted and enrolled students, 94.5% In February 2024 , this changed when Dartmouth reinstated the testing requirement, which means submitting an SAT or ACT score as part of your application is mandatory beginning with students applying to join the class of 2029. These students really are the best of the best.

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Ivy College Essay

AUGUST 3, 2023

Some schools partner with local colleges or universities to offer dual credit or dual enrollment courses. If this option is available to you, take as many dual credit or dual enrollment classes as you can while you are in high school. This can show your preparedness for college and your self-motivation.

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BestColleges

MARCH 12, 2024

It may also help keep Biden on track to meet his goal of doubling the maximum Pell Grant from 2023-2029, but it’s worth remembering that the federal government has yet to pass a 2024 budget with a Pell Grant increase.

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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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