Surge in foreign students may be crowding Americans out of elite colleges

( The Washington Post ) By Nick Anderson — A major increase in international enrollment in recent years has intensified the competition for entry to America’s top private colleges and universities, as ever-growing numbers of applicants angle for the limited supply of seats. That tension is particularly evident in the eight prestigious Ivy League schools: […]

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The college admissions essay about Papa John’s Pizza that Yale loved, highlighted edition

(The Washington Post) by Herman Wong. Just a few months after her 18th birthday, Carolina Williams has suddenly hit the national spotlight for 196 words that she sent to Yale University. “I never really understood the concept of viral until now,” she said. The teenager from Brentwood, Tenn., wrote a college admissions essay about her love for Papa […]

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