“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 ...

How soon should colleges change their policies in the wake of the recent Supreme Court ruling that affirmative action in college admissions is illegal? Students for Fair Admissions, the group that ...

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 ...

Georgetown University offered admission to 11.78 percent of applicants through its early action program, a record low even as the number of early applications fell from last year’s record high.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

When the Supreme Court gutted affirmative action, it may have inadvertently created an opening to spotlight another controversial college admissions program that’s been in use for about a century now: ...

Colleges have seen a more significant influx of applicants during the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 admission cycles, "largely because many of these schools went test-optional," College Data stated. The ...