Admissions Village

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

I want to thank my colleague Meg Joyce for co-writing this blog post with me. Test scores and test-optional admissions, which have been in the spotlight for several years now, are getting renewed attention as of late. Many colleges have still not decided if they will become permanently test-optional for admissions.

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Admissions.Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Yet, today’s confirmation of the Common App essay prompts for the 2023-2024 admissions cycle gives the powers that be at the Common App roughly twelve months to decide upon and clarify the reasoning behind making what, if any, changes it wants to make to the application for the 2024-2025 cycle.

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DC College Counseling

JANUARY 12, 2024

January is always a good time to reflect on the trends and themes of the most recent application cycle and look ahead to what’s coming in the 2024-2025 admissions cycle. Throughout 2023, many people in college admissions questioned how these chatbots would impact the college admission essay and supplements and how institutions would respond.

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DC College Counseling

DECEMBER 2, 2022

PURDUE UNIVERSITY REINSTATES SAT/ACT TESTING REQUIREMENTS High school juniors, get ready to crack open those study guides! This week Purdue University announced the return of SAT/ACT testing requirements. Since 2020, the university has been “test flexible” - like thousands of other schools responding to the pandemic.

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DC College Counseling

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The University of California system has moved their deadline to May 15 for all nine UC campuses, with the exception of out-of-state and international students accepted to UC Berkeley. Coffin makes the point several times that the decision came after an internal study of admissions data for the last few years at Dartmouth.

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