“It has been a LONG year. A really long year, just escalating as we went along.” This text from a friend who leads admission at a well-known university is just one of the many messages I have received ...

Two students walk on a brick path in front of Gilman Hall on the Keyser Quadrangle of the Homewood campus of the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, 2014. Courtesy Eric Chen. (Photo by ...

Incoming fall 2023 first-year undergraduate students who wish to be considered for admission scholarships should complete their admission application file† by the Early Action deadline of December 15.

In late June, when the Supreme Court banned the use of racial preference in college admissions, Anna Lisa Raya was driving in her car after dropping off her middle school son at camp. Raya is a ...

The ability of law schools to maintain or increase minority enrollment, particularly among Black, Hispanic, and Native American students, in the wake of the affirmative action ban is key for the legal ...

Welcome to our college application blog, where we provide a wealth of information and guidance to help you successfully navigate the college application process. Applying to college can be an ...

In 1910, Columbia University established the first Office of Admissions in the United States. The office was created concurrently with a new, more subjective method of evaluating applicants’ candidacy ...

After two years of record growth, the University of California received a smaller number of applications for fall 2023, with state students holding steady but nonresidents declining, according to ...

May 1, today, is the traditional deadline for admitted applicants to respond to their offers of admission. But for all but the most competitive colleges and universities, May 1 doesn’t mean that much ...

The past year brought seismic shifts to higher education, from the end of affirmative action to the escalating political battle over higher ed’s value and core mission. In a year of heightened ...

Dec 26 (Reuters) - For years, Andy Cornblatt and his team in the admissions office at Georgetown University Law Center would know—by the check of a box—the race of applicants trying to win a spot at ...