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Taking an Information-Driven Approach to the Admissions Process
The parameters of admission to the nation’s top colleges are constantly under pressure for change. For many years, college admission was not a centered within public consciousness as it is now. However, today, in the wake of the admissions scandals of 2019 and 2020, college admissions has been drawn directly into the crosshairs of political power struggles. Most saliently, the Supreme Court’s 2023 affirmative action ruling, the politicization of standardized testing and its place in the admissions process, the challenging of longstanding practices of legacy admission, and the overhauling of leadership groups at many of the nation’s leading private institutions have resulted in an admissions terrain that is constantly shifting in terms of its priorities and standards.
From macroscopic trends in higher education to granular adjustments as detailed as standardized testing updates, we follow everything admissions related to put together a yearly picture of the admissions landscape, and of select institutions, so that our clients are backed by the absolute highest standard of admissions advising. We keep a repository of information at our disposal, both quantitative and qualitative, and go beyond simple recommendations—sharing the basis for our recommendations with our client families and opening up dialogue so that our clients are as informed as they can be as they make the series of decisions that make up the application process.
Trends in College Admissions
admissions trends | 12.20.24Early decision is on the rise
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rankings | 3.26.25The New Ivies
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admissions trends | 2.21.24Duke stops assigning point-values to essays, test scores
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IN THE CLASSROOM | 8.2.24Far fewer colleges give an edge to legacy applicants anymore
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AI & SCHOOLS | 7.7.24 A fraught new era of scrutinizing admissions metrics has begun
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HOMESCHOOLING | 4.30.24How American universities will react as race-based admissions end
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legacy admissions | 10.22.23The newest admissions ploy
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ADMISSIONS TRENDS | 6.29.23Ban or embrace? Colleges wrestle with AI-generated admissions essays
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Ai & admissions | 5.18.23The Ivy League battles an assault on its admissions policies
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Higher Education and Society
IN THE CLASSROOM | 8.2.24Former Harvard president urges scrapping of legacy admissions
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AI & SCHOOLS | 7.7.24 What happened to enrollment at top colleges after affirmative action ended?
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HOMESCHOOLING | 4.30.24America’s universities are bloated, complacent, and illiberal
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IN THE CLASSROOM | 8.2.24Finance, consulting, and tech are gobbling up top students
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AI & SCHOOLS | 7.7.24 Why Notre Dame’s new president thinks going need-blind will expand its global reach
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HOMESCHOOLING | 4.30.24Universities are failing to boost economic growth
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legacy admissions | 10.22.23Why America’s Supreme Court has ended affirmative action
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ADMISSIONS TRENDS | 6.29.23Academics express confidence they and A.I. can work together
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Ai & admissions | 5.18.23Stanford University taps business school dean Jonathan Levin as new president
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Trends in College Admissions
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In the latter stages of prep, college lists and score targets jointly narrow, and efforts become focused around gathering information on, and applying successfully to, the top colleges on a family’s list.
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