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...they navigate the college admissions process. “This is a very stressful, sort of bewildering moment in the life of a kid and the life of a family,” said Steinberg. “And if you could try to put yourself in an applicant??s shoes, it might give them comfort.” He added that the blog could provide a level of reassurance that raw data could not, especially with colleges around the country accepting fewer applicants than ever. This year, Harvard College turned away 93 of every 100 applicants...
...office’s overall budget will see significant cuts.The fledging grant program, which has awarded nearly 30 fellowships since its inception two years ago, provides students with up to $5,000 to pursue a short-term project in the arts. Proposals are judged based on merit and the applicant??s contribution to the community.“It’s a huge decision to go out on a limb to say you want to be a writer or an actor,” says Elizabeth Bergmann, the director of the OFA dance program who also sits...
...option, and the College Board allowed it for nearly a decade for its Subject Tests. Score Choice rests on the same principle that has supported our admissions process for decades—that applicants should be free to present their own best case. We have always counted an applicant??s highest test scores and have allowed students to decide whether they wanted to send all their test scores. The new Score Choice policy aligns well with our belief that the individual student owns his or her test scores and is entitled to direct their use. That same belief...
...ample resources at their command to familiarize themselves with the educational privileges and pitfalls of every applicant they evaluate. If the SAT must persist as an admissions criterion, it must do so in a deemphasized form. A low SAT score should not preclude an applicant from admission if the applicant??s SAT II subject test scores, AP scores, and high school grades show that the applicant is qualified. Surely, a more holistic admissions process is not too much to ask of universities that pride themselves on the attention they lavish on each student.In the coming years, arguments about...
...could request that applicants complete a questionnaire presenting different scenarios that would reveal interpersonal skills and personal discipline, University of Minnesota professor Nathan R. Kuncel proposed in one of the studies. Regarding many colleges’ practice of using interviews, letters of recommendation, and application essays to judge an applicant??s “fit,” College Board researcher Krista D. Mattern told the Chronicle of Education that “admissions committees should be wary of using such information in the admissions-decisions process.” According to Harvard’s Director...