Admissions
Weekly News Round-Up: Nude Selfies, SAT Essay Blues, and The British Invasion 2.0
This week in college admissions news, The Atlantic ponders the meaning of happiness (and asks why colleges care), the SAT essay section weathers a critique, and the Common App gets clarified.
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The SAT essay posed a challenge to some students last weekend. Slate claims that the test's essay section teaches high school students bad writing.
Weekly News Round-Up: Obama Okays Affirmative Action, Bard Shakes up College Apps
This week in college admissions news, the Department of Education and Justice announced their support of college admissions offices considering race, while Bard College introduced a potentially revolutionary new admission policy. In other news, publications are still bad at ranking.
Q&A: Sending Scores, Organizing Essays, and More
When should I start working on my essays? If I have a low AP score, do I still have to report it? Do you have any organizational tips for college applicants?
Weekly News Round-up: Tech, Waivers Leveling the Playing Field (Or Not, Say SAT Scores)
It's a big week in college admissions news. Obama's education secretary gets snarky, rich kids steal scholarship money from poor kids (who get application fee waivers from The College Board), and above all... AVERAGE NATIONAL SAT SCORES ARE HERE.
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The College Board just released the 2013 national average SAT scores have just been released. The College Board also plans to send information packets and fee waivers to low-income, high-scoring students.
GSE Professor Andrew Ho Discusses Standardized Testing
This week, the Admissions Blog conducted an interview with Andrew Ho, an associate professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education whose research has focused on measuring student and school proficiency and on standardized testing metrics.
Q&A: A Breakdown of Financial Aid
Many high-ranking schools also have top-notch financial aid programs.
Weekly News Round-Up: Loud Parents, Lying Admissions Officers
This week on the News Round-Up, college tuition gets demystified, admissions officers tattletale, and experts offer tips for students and their parents.
Students Speak Up About Early Action and Early Decision
This week, the Admissions Blog conducted interviews with students who applied early to several highly selective schools. Each of them had varying reasons for why they chose to apply early, and each had several insights to share.
Freshman Survey Part II: An Uncommon App
In Harvard Yard, 14 percent are the 1 percent. In a Crimson survey of the Class of 2017, about 14 percent of incoming freshmen said they come from families with reported incomes above $500,000 a year, putting them among the top roughly 1 percent of earners in the United States.
If You're a Harvard Freshman, You're Probably a Virgin
Apparently not everyone is doing it: 65 percent of members of the new freshman class recently surveyed by The Crimson admit to entering Harvard as a virgin.
