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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. That's 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 scarcity of scores could add to growing inequality in American higher education. The reason: Wealt...

The Pandemic Is Shaking Up And Slowing Down The College Application Process arrow Brooklyn College Bebeto Matthews/AP/Shutterstock New York City Public School seniors are well into their second semester, historically a time to take a breath after completing college applications. But many students are still scrambling to submit essays and complete financial aid documents, as the pandemic thrusts new burdens upon young people in a city devastated by the COVID-19 crisis in myriad ways. “A process that would have ended completely in December is now being pushed into Janu...

College access advocacy groups are sounding “alarm bells,” saying fewer first-generation and low-income students are seeking admission this year, likely because of the effects of the pandemic, even as some of the country’s most prestigious universities are reporting record-setting application numbers

To 30 years in prison. >> joining me is a criminal and civil tone. eric, that video is awful, awful. we're completely shocked by it. we haven't seen anything like this. how common is this type of thing? >> it's common. and i hate saying that and giving the world the information because so many of these children are doing crimes, committing crimes for attention. they do it on facebook live, they record it, they take pictures of themselves, whether it's a jewel thief or a burglar or a robber, they're trying to get attention and likes and that is the fuel behind something like this. >> the fact t...

People and i'm grateful for you for stepping up in so many ways on so many occasions. i feel like i've pestered you over these years asking time and time again where are you going to be? i'll be in new york. can you come here, can you do this, take that, ask for that, can you come? can we rap? can we sing? so thank you all so much. it really means the world to this initiative to have such powerful respected and admired individuals speaking on behalf of this issue. so congratulations on the work that you've done and we're going to keep working. and today, i especially want to recognize all the ...