(The Washington Post) by Valerie Strauss. In February, the Common Application, used by nearly 700 colleges and universities in the United States and abroad for admissions, announced some big changes to its essay prompts for the 2017-2018 college admissions season. It just announced some new changes, which you will find in this post by Jeff […]
Read More »(The Washington Post) by Valerie Strauss. This can’t be great news for the owners of the ACT and the SAT college admissions exams, but the list of colleges and universities that no longer require scores from those tests to be submitted with a student application keeps growing. The list of test-optional schools maintained by the […]
Read More »ARLINGTON, Va., April 10, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — This year alone, more than three million students, parents, counselors, and teachers have used the Common App platform to apply to college, explore financial aid and scholarship options, or submit supporting recommendations. Through the various questions and features, the platform lets our students, a third of whom are the first in […]
Read More »(The Atlantic) by Jeffrey Selingo. April is decision month for high-school seniors who still haven’t made up their minds about where they’re attending college next fall. With students applying to more schools than ever before—more than one-third now apply to at least seven schools—many seniors are likely weighing multiple offers as well as competing financial-aid […]
Read More »(Duke Chronicle) Duke accepted 2,255 high school seniors regular decision this year, the University announced Wednesday. The University received its highest number of applicants this year, with more than 34,400 students applying for admission. Almost 31,000 applied regular decision, and 7.3 percent were accepted—a record-low acceptance rate. Another 58 students who applied early decision—but were […]
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