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The pandemic has upended college admissions with more surprises and more wait lists By Deirdre Fernandes Globe Staff,Updated April 8, 2021, 2 hours ago Email to a Friend Zeinab Yusuf, who was admitted to Cornell University, believes she wouldnt have been accepted if the SAT had been required.Erin Clark/Globe Staff Each spring, high school seniors hope for joy but brace for heartbreak when colleges send out admissions decisions. But this year the pandemic has made the nerve-wracking process even...

A blueprint for how to reopen Boston schools Boston Prep has done the trial-by-error work of staying open. By Marcela García Globe Columnist,Updated March 1, 2021, 4:59 p.m. Email to a Friend Teacher assistant Renelle Evans helps 6th-grader Isaiah Martin during his English language arts class at Boston Prep, a charter middle and high school in Hyde Park, where roughly 200 of their 672 students are back for in-person learning.Lane Turner/Globe Staff Thousands of — a massive operational e...

Twitter Facebook In mid-March, after Boston Prep’s administration decided to close the 6–12 charter public school and move classes online because of COVID-19, Julie Duran and a team of teachers began assembling a makeshift warehouse in the school cafeteria. From it, they doled out Chromebook laptops to every student—most from low-income communities in Boston’s Hyde Park, Dorchester, Roxbury, and Mattapan neighborhoods. That was only the start. For students who didn’t have intern...

Twin brothers struggle to adjust to college in a time of pandemic By Deirdre Fernandes Globe Staff,Updated December 24, 2020, 5:22 p.m. Email to a Friend Jael Rosario (right) and his twin brother, Janiel, expect things to be better in the second semester at their respective colleges.Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff Born a minute apart, Janiel and Jael Rosario have shared nearly everything for the past 18 years: clothes, high school friends, a love of video games, and a tendency to blast the rapper J...