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The Role of Politics in Where Students Want to Go to College

Study finds that nearly one in four high school seniors said they passed up, out of political concerns, a college they would have initially considered because of its state. The trend is evident among conservatives and liberals.

Increasing the College-Going Rate in Boston

Reports detail challenges posed by the pandemic and success of coaching in college.

Application Numbers Are Up

Will they translate into the kind of admissions year that officials have been hoping for?

The Week in Admissions News

The new FAFSA; next round of negotiated rule making; Rice defends affirmative action; is GRE losing significance?

Wellesley Students Vote to Admit Trans Men

But college plans to keep its policy of admitting only women. That includes trans women.

Hampshire Admits All Students From New College of Florida

College says it is responding to “the continuing attacks on New College of Florida intended to limit intellectual exploration, turn back progress toward inclusion, and curtail open discussion of race, injustice, and histories of oppression.”

The Week in Admissions News

Decline in degrees awarded; free community college; boosting Black enrollment.
Irena Smith’s The Golden Ticket: A Life in College Admission Essays (SheWritesPress)

A College Counselor’s Insightful Memoir

A Russian émigré turned college counselor discusses the role of education in the immigrant experience, how AI might change college admissions and how she pushes students to think about who they really are.