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WLRN News 2023-2024 high school student intern shares what it was like applying to college as a first-generation college student in Miami-Dade County.

By Ella Will, For the Reporter

Stanford students delve into the stories that inspired Common Application essays and how they feel about the essays now that they're enrolled in college.

Summer camp: A classic teen experience is dying. I hate the reason why.

Georgetown has admitted its first class of applicants in a new college admissions landscape, without affirmative action.

A woman in Westport has developed an online portal to help students all over America gain access to the secrets of college admissions.

NYU’s acceptance rate stayed at 8% for the 2023-24 admissions cycle, the university announced Monday evening. Successful applicants, who received their acceptance letters on March 28, were selected from a pool of over 118,000 applications — marking the first time the applicant pool has decreased in 17 years. This year’s admits come from over 103...

UW has become increasingly competitive each year, with 2024 bringing 70,000 applicants alone. UW will extend offers to only 7,000 students, with in-state residents constituting 66% of this pool.

NYU is reconsidering its test-optional policy for next year’s admissions cycle after some universities across the country found that the approach could disadvantage lower-income students. The university is following in the footsteps of schools like Yale University, Brown University and Dartmouth University — all of which have recently announced a return to mandatory standardized testing...

Northwestern’s acceptance rate is expected to be 7.5% after receiving more than 50,000 first-year applications during the 2023-24 admissions cycle, according to University spokesperson Jon Yates. The University admitted about half of these applicants during Early Decision, Yates said in a statement to The Daily. After announcing Early Decision application results on Dec. 15, NU...