Waiting Lists: What to Expect
Some predict the worst year ever, but others say that waiting lists may primarily be a factor at highly competitive colleges. Many are convinced that next week, when Ivy League and other competitive colleges theoretically tell applicants if they were admitted, they actually won't -- for thousands of students. Those students will be placed on [...]
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Colleges see longer waitlists after removing ACT/SAT requirements
(WSIL)--A lot of U-S colleges are in a tricky spot right now. How many students should they admit for next school year? Some universities around the country are finding themselves wait listing potential students. One of the biggest issues universities are finding is that students are flooding applications for ACT or SAT optional schools. The [...]
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Rutgers To Require Vaccine Proof For ‘All Students Planning To Attend This Fall’
Rutgers University will require students who are enrolling for the 2021 fall semester to show they've received a COVID-19 vaccine. The New Jersey state school says the requirement will help it make "a full return to our pre-pandemic normal" on campus for the next school year. "Proof of vaccination will be required for all students [...]
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How to write a personal statement for Masters courses
How to write a personal statement for Masters courses A good personal statement can mean the difference between getting an offer and being rejected. Your personal statement should show us that you are the right person for the course. Planning your personal statement A personal statement is a piece of writing that you submit as [...]
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ACT Admits That Test-Optional Admissions Isn’t Going Away
ACT Admits That Test-Optional Admissions Isn't Going Away Janet Godwin, ACT's CEO, published a blog post Thursday that admitted that test-optional admissions policies are likely here to stay. "It is somewhat unlikely that institutions who adopted temporary or pilot test use policies in response to COVID will return to test-required in the near term," she wrote. Those [...]
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A Personalized Campus Tour… From Home
A Personalized Campus Tour… From Home Many colleges have been frustrated by their inability to hold safe, on-campus tours. They have responded with virtual tours, in which someone offers a view of the campus. But how to personalize? At Hamilton College, tour guides are offering personalized tours using cameras that offer a live shot of [...]
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Merit and Equity for 4-Year College Enrollments
Almost daily an article appears that focuses on equitable access to postsecondary education. Most of these articles use admissions test scores as a key part of their analysis of equitable admissions. Similarly, critiques of the concept of merit as it applies to access to four-year colleges and universities continue to appear. They call our attention [...]
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International Student Applications To U.S. Colleges Are Rebounding. Is It A Biden Bounce?
Will this be the year that U.S. colleges see a recovery in applications from international students? Early indications suggest that after three years of flat or falling international applications, 2021 is shaping up to be a very good year, with interest from foreign students on the rebound once again. It’s already led some to label [...]
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Liberal arts colleges look to career and tech education to bolster enrollment
Just as COVID-19 hit the region in March, Claudia Cabrera was accepted into a new advanced manufacturing certificate program at Stonehill College, a four-year liberal arts school south of Boston. “I had my GED [certificate] for about a year, and I didn’t really know where I wanted to go with my career, my education,” Cabrera [...]
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