Every year, news articles are published about a student or two who received acceptances from all eight Ivy League schools. Why are students blanket applying to all Ivies even if just one of them might not be a good fit?

Congratulations to all students who were accepted into Ivy League schools on ‘Ivy Day,’ Thursday, March 31st! Five of the eight Ivies have released their acceptance data for the 2021-2022 application cycle. Two of the institutions, Cornell and Princeton, will not be…

Boston University

Boston University released its admissions decisions for the Class of 2026. The school received a record 80,794 applications and admitted 14% of those applicants.

MIT offered a test-optional policy for the past two years to accommodate for COVID-19’s impact on testing. However, the dean of admissions and student financial services, Stu Schmill, explained in his statement announcing the reinstatement of the requirement that “s…

Last week, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill reversing this enrollment freeze. As reported by Maria Young of The Daily Cal, the bill “increases fall 2022 enrollment at UC Berkeley and reverses the effects of the lawsuit that froze enrollment at 2020-21 le…

Supreme Court Nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, as reported by the Harvard Crimson. Judge Jackson, who is currently serving on the Board of Overseers at Harvard, was questioned about her ties to Harvard as they relate to its affirmative action case

Nasser Paydar was nominated by President Biden for the position of assistant secretary of education for postsecondary education last week.

Ellie Bothwell of Times Higher Education summarizes some of the most important data on the World University Top 200 Rankings, as ranked by Times Higher Education.

In contrast to the sharply declining undergraduate acceptance rates, the number of applicants offered a spot on schools’ waitlists remains mostly consistent over time, a curious trend reported by Sam Kagan of The Daily Princetonian.