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Harvard student Elise Pham is the founder of Ultimate Ivy League Guide, a college admissions company offering low-cost services to those from disadvantaged communities.

An 87,500 square foot Wegmans, spanning two floors, opened in Manhattan.

From Georgia to Wisconsin, state university systems are adopting the experimental policy, hoping to boost enrollment and reach new students. The newly rebranded Universities of Wisconsin announced the launch of a direct admissions initiative last week at 10 of the system’s 13 universities.

Artificial intelligence might be the new frontier in technology, but Toby Reed, a senior at Fremont High in Oakland, has no doubts about whether to harness its powers — at least on his college application essay.

Test run on more than 300,000 US student applications suggests technology can identify specific personal qualities with little bias

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For the high school class of 2023, the average score was the lowest since 1991, and 43 percent of students did not meet any of the subject-matter benchmarks.

As AI tools become more sophisticated, college admissions essays written by bots may soon be as convincing as those written by humans. This raises concerns about plagiarism and the impact on students' education.

Georgia has launched GEORGIA MATCH, a direct college admissions program for its 120,000 high school seniors. Its one of the largest such initiatives in the nation.

With affirmative action outlawed, and use of SATs in decline, selective colleges are paying ever more attention to essays. ChatGPT poses a challenge.