(Penn News) By Jill DiSanto — Starting in February, the Admissions Office at the University of Pennsylvania, in a partnership with Steppingstone Scholars Inc., is launching a free online learning initiative aimed at increasing access to college. The massive open online course, “How to Apply to College,” will be offered via the Coursera platform. “This course,” said Penn Provost […]
Read More »(Inside Higher Ed) By Scott Jaschik–In 2008, the College Board started letting those who took the SAT multiple times decide for themselves which scores to report to colleges. Prior to that, people had to submit all the scores, so if a student undertook extensive test coaching and sat for the test multiple times, an admissions […]
Read More »By Harry Trustman (The Daily Pennsylvanian). Almost all current Penn students were admitted through The Common Application, an organization used by 731 colleges that offers a method for students to apply to multiple universities using one application. In the past, students could gain admission to Penn only through the Common App or, for a select […]
Read More »By Harry Trustman ( The Daily Pennsylvanian) Less than a week after the Trump administration announced that it plans to investigate claims of affirmative action discriminating against Asian-American applicants, a former Princeton University admissions officer called attention to another form of “affirmative action” — legacy admissions. Legacy admissions refer to the preference that universities give to students […]
Read More »(Penn Current) by Lauren Hertzeler. Imagine you’re back in high school, trying to navigate the college search process. You’re wondering: What classes should I be taking? How many extracurricular activities should I pile onto my plate? Do I need to take this standardized test? How many schools should I apply to? There’s no exact rulebook, […]
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