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From 1 Year to 2

Some highly selective colleges went test optional for a year, citing the pandemic. Now many of them are extending those bans.
Opinion

Use AP Exams in Admissions

With SAT Subject Tests out of the picture, it's the perfect time, writes David Benjamin Gruenbaum.

‘Alarm Bells’ on First-Generation, Low-Income Applicants

Common App shows overall application increase, but the gains are for larger and more competitive colleges. SUNY applications fall by 20 percent.

The College Board's (Smaller?) Future

Organization faces dangers in wake of eliminating the SAT Essay and Subject Tests.

Undergrad With Mom and Dad?

A program offering free classes to parents of Holy Names University students may look like an admissions ploy. But experts think the idea could successfully boost student retention.

The Week in Admissions News

A Trump pardon; survey of students; student loans; first-generation students.

Colgate Applications Up 102%

Even in a year when top colleges are reporting increases, the numbers surprised officials at the university.