There are two kinds of college interviews. The informational Q&A is meant to help an applicant learn about a school. The ...

Some students are still mentioning their race or immigrant status as the Trump administration cracks down on diversity ...

Unlike the traditional IPEDS survey, the agency is requesting seven years of applicants’ data in a single submission.

Applicants are not supposed to use AI to write college essays. But colleges are using AI to help assess applications. At ...

The college admissions process is undergoing significant changes, driven by technological advances, evolving policies, and a shift in priorities. As students and families navigate this evolving ...

Some of the nation’s most prestigious colleges have been enrolling record numbers of low-income students as campuses ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Mary Frances Ruskell graduated in May from her high school in Columbia, South Carolina. The first round of admissions decisions for Clemson University came out on a December evening, ...

President Trump on Thursday signed a memorandum requiring all colleges participating in federal-aid programs to share detailed admissions data with the federal government “to verify” that they are not ...

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