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The Week in Admissions News
Admissions leaders assure anti-gun protesters; anger over email from College Board; growth for AP program.
If You Make Them Laugh, Will They Apply?
Colleges bombard bright high school students with pitches. Will an unexpected bit of humor motivate them to look more seriously at an institution?
Admissions Movement to Support Student Protests Grows
More colleges announce that students who are suspended for participating in peaceful activism will not be hurt in admissions process.
Opinion
Ethical College Admissions: Responding to Parkland
Jim Jump reviews the way college admissions officials have responded to the tragic killings at a Florida high school.
Opinion
Award Season
Nicholas Soodik asks why so many colleges are vague or confusing in their letters to accepted applicants about financial aid eligibility.
Admissions Leaders Take a Stand
Some school districts have threatened to suspend students who join protests for tougher gun laws. Admissions leaders at MIT and elsewhere tell applicants such suspensions won't be held against them.
Is Econ STEM?
Some economics departments are reclassifying their programs as STEM fields, in part to make them more attractive to international students.
The Week in Admissions News
New criticism of legacy admissions; fear of Chinese students; bias against Asian universities; work-study winners and losers.