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Admissions Trends 2026
This admissions cycle will be known for a return to standardized testing (SAT and ACT) by many colleges. Schools like MIT, Cal Tech and the Ivies still insist that these tests demonstrate academic readiness (debatable)....
Diversity Continues to Dominate College Admissions
Admissions committees across the US have made creating more diverse incoming Freshman classes a major priority, more so than in previous years. Almost every college that releases their data about students who are applyin...
More Admission Trends to Watch
1. AP Exams May Take a Bigger Role. SAT Subject II tests have been eliminated permanently. Now, more emphasis will be placed on AP classes and AP test scores. Some colleges will look at AP scores to assess college readin...
The Legacy Admission Debate
The huge college admissions scandal has drawn attention to the broader discussion of how colleges decide who to accept.Legacy admissions gives preference to students whose parents attended the school. Legacy is conside...
The Real Reason That Colleges Become Test Optional
A recent study showed that schools who said that they adopted the admissions policy of not requiring students to submit SAT or ACT scores to create more diversity failed to achieve that goal. What it did do was establish...