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Retired counselor unearths data showing top schools aren’t necessarily better. 
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Researchers estimate that roughly three-quarters of white legacy students would have been rejected if they had been treated the same as their non-white peers
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Each year, we ask high school seniors to submit college application essays they’ve written about work, money, social class and related topics. Here are five that moved us.
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Requiring the SAT or ACT, and making it free, reduces barriers for disadvantaged students who otherwise would not take the test.
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The ease of applying to dozens of schools with just one click is problematic for students—and universities.
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How did getting into an elite school become a frenzied, soul-deadening process?
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Records reviewed by The Washington Post show that at least 44 public and private universities in the United States work with outside consulting companies to collect and analyze data on prospective students, either by tracking their Web activity or formulating predictive scores to measure each student’s likelihood of enrolling. The vast majority of universities reviewed by The Post do not tell students the schools are collecting their information.
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There’s More to College Than Getting Into College Applying to schools has become an endless chore—one that teaches students nothing about what really matters in higher education.
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The admissions process is a maddening mishmash of competing objectives, and an attempt to measure the unmeasurable: you. No, it isn’t fair, and likely never will be.
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As the school year draws to an end, so the debate around reforming the admissions process to universities needs to be reignited.
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“Far too many students are learning to do whatever it takes to get ahead—even if that means sacrificing individuality, health, happiness, ethical principles, and behavior.”
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Admissions officers were more likely to go online and research applicants for the 2014-2015 academic year than they were in the previous year. Nearly half (45 percent) reported that they performed applicant searches during the more recent admissions season compared to 36 percent during 2013-2014. Almost 7 in 10 (67 percent) hunted on Facebook and 4 in 10 searched on Twitter. Those are some of the results from an annual survey performed by an education technology company that sells a service to help students assess and manage their online presence.
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