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Grades and Course Rigor Matter the Most in College Admissions

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Grades and Course Rigor Matter the Most in College Admissions The most recent National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) State of College Admission Report updated its four-year college members’ survey of the Factors in the Admission Decision. College admissions officers read and re-read your transcript.

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College Transfer Enrollment Grew for Third Consecutive Year

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below 2020 levels. of non-freshmen undergraduates, and this percentage has steadily grown since fall 2020. This is three straight years of transfer growth for both Black and Hispanic students and transfer enrollment for both groups have been above 2020 levels since 2022. For fall 2024, transferring students accounted for 13.1%

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Judge Rules University's New Admissions Policies Not Unlawful

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District Judge Robert Pitman has rejected claims by Students for Fair Admissions that the University of Texas at Austin continued to unlawfully consider race when admitting students after the U.S. Supreme Court's 6-3 ruling in Students for Fair Admissions Inc. Students for Fair Admissions v.

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Purdue University to Resume Requiring SAT/ACT Test Scores, Beginning with Fall 2024 Admissions

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Purdue University will resume SAT/ACT test score requirements for admissions, beginning with students applying for Fall 2024 admission. Since 2020, Purdue has been “test flexible” due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which hindered many students’ access to testing sites. The school will begin accepting 2024 applications on Aug.

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UT Austin Reinstates Standardized Test Scores in Admissions

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The move follows four years of test-optional undergraduate admissions at UT Austin, which suspended the standardized score requirement in the spring of 2020 due to limited testing availability during the COVID-19 pandemic. Jay Hartzell The requirement will be applied during the fall 2025 semester application period, Aug.

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Working Paper: Asian Americans Face Lower Admissions Odds to Selective Schools than White Students

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Josh Grossman The findings were revealed in a working paper titled, " The disparate impacts of college admissions policies on Asian American applicants,” written by researchers from multiple universities including Stanford, Brown, University of Michigan, and Harvard. Grossman, a Ph.D.

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Report: Most Selective Private Higher Ed Institutions Enroll Insufficient Numbers of Latino Undergrads

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Sandra Perez The sequel to a 2020 report on Black and Latino enrollment at selective U.S. For 2020, Harvard University scored 52, an F. The average access score in 2020 was 55. In states with bans on Affirmative Action, holistic admissions processes also failed to dramatically improve representation."