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  >> Amelia Nierenberg, The New York Times  Published: 21 Feb 2021 12:38 PM BdST Updated: 21 Feb 2021 12:38 PM BdST A student walks across the Cornell University campus in Ithaca, NY, March 11, 2020. The New York Times Prestigious universities like Cornell never have a hard time attracting students. But this year, the admissions office in Ithaca, New York, is swimming in 17,000 more applications than it has ever received before, driven mostly by the school’s decision not to require standa...

Prestigious universities like Cornell never have a hard time attracting students. But this year, the admissions office in Ithaca, N.Y., is swimming in 17,000 more applications than it has ever received before, driven mostly by the school’s decision not to require standardized test scores during the coronavirus pandemic. “We saw people that thought ‘I would never get into Cornell’ thinking, ‘Oh, if they’re not looking at a test score, maybe I’ve...

Selective universities like Cornell and its fellow Ivy League schools have seen unprecedented interest after waiving test scores.

Selective universities like Cornell and its fellow Ivy League schools have seen unprecedented interest after waiving test scores.

Twitter Facebook One year after the widespread postponement of SAT and ACT tests persuaded BU to make standardized tests optional for students applying for undergraduate admission for the fall 2021 and spring 2022 semesters, the University has extended its test optional policy for another year. In a statement posted Wednesday on the Admissions website, Kelly Walter (Wheelock’81), associate vice president for enrollment and dean of admissions, says the continuing risks associated with th...

Photograph by Rose Lincoln/Harvard Public Affairs and Communications “This is a story about kids succeeding, about the success of an experiment,” says Cabot professor of American literature Elisa New, describing the online poetry course she taught last fall to an unusual set of enrollees: eleventh- and twelfth-graders from more than two dozen Title I high schools (serving mainly low-income students) across the country. At the end of the semester, roughly 250 students came away with four cre...

By JANET LORIN | Bloomberg | Published: February 17, 2021 In this strange college admissions season, fewer high schoolers are turning in that dreaded number, their SAT score. This year, only 44% submitted SAT or ACT entrance exam results with their Common Application, which lets students apply to many schools at once. Thats down from 77% in the 2019-2020 season. Schools are suspending required testing because of the pandemic. While many students are delighted, some counselors worry that the ...

Columnist Alexandra Purchatzke calls on the UT administration to adopt the Common Application as an option for prospective students in the admissions process.

sshepard/Getty Images Last week, many top colleges and universities were celebrating their successes in admissions during the pandemic. The Washington Post noted that Harvard University saw applications rise by 42 percent, while the University of Virginia was up 15 percent. The Post credited the fact that many of these colleges were -- for the first time -- test optional this year, meaning students didnt need to submit SAT or ACT scores. The headline: "Applications Surge After Big-Name Coll...

A steady stream of Latino students was arriving on college campuses. Then the pandemic hit. Danielle Douglas-Gabriel, Hannah Natanson, John D. Harden Julianna Alvarez, 17, like many students during the pandemic, has suffered a drop in grades that could affect her chances of attending college. As of Dec. 1, submissions to the Common Application are down 3.3 percent among Latino students. (Taylor Glascock for The Washington Post) Julianna Alvarez, 17, had it all worked out. ...