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That’s not a one-year issue. Many colleges that went test optional this year because of the pandemic have extended their policies for at least another year, and even before COVID-19 the test-optional movement was growing. But test-optional policies raise as many questions as they answer. Does “test-optional” mean different things for different institutions? Do test-optional policies reduce or exacerbate concerns about equity in college admission? Do colleges give submitters and nonsubmitt...

Wisconsin Performing Arts Centers To Provide Scholarships In DEAR EVAN HANSEN Essay Contest This challenge also includes the opportunity to receive a $10,000 college scholarship at the national level.by BWW News Desk The Fox Cities Performing Arts Center, Marcus Performing Arts Center and Overture Center for the Arts are teaming up with Rogers Behavioral Health to provide five $1,000 scholarships to Wisconsin participants in the recently announced national Dear Evan Hansen "You Will Be Found" ...

79% 47% Similar statistics are available for first-generation students and those who received fee waivers on their applications. These reductions in the number of applicants submitting scores are larger than testing companies have wanted to see or have speculated would take place. ACT last week admitted a decline, but Janet Godwin, ACTs CEO, blogged that the colleges that still do look at test scores said they were using them in admissions decisions "despite the 20 to 30 percent decrease in st...

By Susan Snyder, Kristen A. Graham The Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS Colleen McCaffrey, a senior at Northeast High in Philadelphia, spends much of her time trying to persuade her classmates to fill out federal college financial-aid forms. It’s a tougher sell this year.  ”The hardest thing is just getting to people,” said McCaffrey, who’s part of Peer Forward, a program that trains teenagers to help their peers prepare for college. “In the past, we had assemblies. We could go into homeroo...

Through Feb. 15, only 44 percent of people using the Common Application submitted SAT or ACT scores. Last year's total was 77 percent.

Some worry a drop in financial aid applications means fewer low-income students are considering college Susan Snyder, Kristen A. Graham, The Philadelphia Inquirer © TIM TAI/The Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS Strawberry Mansion High School counselor Ameera Sullivan says getting students to fill out FAFSA forms is harder in a virtual environment. Here, in February 2019, before the pandemic, she gives a hall pass to Jahmod Williams, right, after he took a school district career quest...

826 Boston Writers Room coordinator Richie Wheelock (left) works with students at Boston International Newcomers Academy on their personal statements. (Courtesy 826 Boston) Editors note: All names and some personal details in the essay below have been changed to protect the privacy of the students. Almost immediately after taking office, President Biden strengthened the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program that Trump tried to repeal — a program that that affords some protecti...

Submit the Messiah University application with NO APPLICATION FEE! Save $50 by using the promo code MESSIAHLOVE. If you are a first-year, domestic student you may also choose to submit The Common Application for free—just be sure to select the school-specific fee waiver for MESSIAHLOVE on Messiahs member page. How to register Once your application file is complete, you can expect a decision from us within 2-3 weeks. If accepted, you will receive an email with information on how to register f...

While the questions are optional, they are part of an effort to make the application inclusive.

Dartmouth bound: Two Newmarket seniors get Ivy League acceptance By Kathleen D. Bailey NEWMARKET – Not one but two Newmarket High School seniors will be heading to Dartmouth College in the fall.   Zoe McGuirk and Taylor Kenison were both accepted as part of the Ivy League school’s early admissions program.  How hard is it to get into Dartmouth? The college accepted just 8.7% of its 22,033 applicants to the Class of 2022. The two Newmarket seniors have similar interests, in politics and i...