As Ivy League schools have welcomed students back for the fall semester, administrators and faculty have taken various approaches to optimizing the endemic learning experience. With most schools emphasizing a transition back to the classroom, students and professors...
Yale University is currently in the midst of a debate surrounding legacy admissions. In October, the Yale College Council Senate (YCC), a “policy advocacy body that seeks to promote the student voice to Yale administrators,” passed a resolution calling for Yale to end...
In years past, the college admissions process was about grades and test scores. You did well in class, studied for the SAT, participated in several extracurriculars, sent in your applications, and were likely to get admitted to a selective college. As college...
Having received a record number of applicants for the 2021-2022 school year, Harvard University hit their lowest acceptance rate of 3.43%, as compared to the previous year’s 4.5%. The Harvard Crimson conducted their annual freshman survey, to which 75% of students...
Amherst College has ended legacy preference, no longer giving children of alumni an advantage in admissions. This decision was made in an attempt to level the playing field in college admissions, as Amherst wants to create access to educational opportunities for as...
The cost of attending elite educational institutions has long been a topic of intense debate: private school costs often place a significant financial burden on families. In light of the recent pandemic and increasing student concern over the negative impact of...
According to The Stanford Daily, Stanford’s admit rate dropped to a record low of 3.95%. Last year’s admit rate was 5.19%. The school received 55,471 applications, the most they have ever received, and 2,190 of those students received offers of admission. Stanford’s...
On October 18th, a federal judge ruled in favor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in an affirmative action case. The Students for Fair Admissions, or SFFA, had sued UNC in a string of lawsuits against universities for their allegedly discriminatory...
Both high schools and colleges are home to a lively community of extracurricular activities, catering to a host of niches and interests. Dartmouth has over 160 student organizations and Harvard has 450!
University Rankings: Which One Should You Choose? While most people refer to US News and World Report when searching for college ranking lists, you might have seen some drastically different college rankings across the internet and wondered: why are they so different?...
