For a student whose recent life has been rocked by tragedy and high drama, a little more drama has just come his way. From The Hill this morning: “A survivor of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting said Monday that Harvard University has rescinded his acceptance after recently surfaced screenshots showed him using racial Continue Reading »
Today’s Washington Post brings one of the more revealing – and surprising – articles about college applications essays that I’ve ever read. The key words are Yale, pizza, and Auburn University. But the main point is that the Yale Admissions Office reads students’ entire applications, whether the prompts are from the Common Application or the Continue Reading »
Yale is the first in my Apply Wisely column. Please check back for the next college I focus on in the upcoming week. Last year, Yale reviewed some 31,000 applications and admitted 6.49 percent of the students. This coming year, with the addition of new dormitories, Yale will increase its incoming freshman class by 15 percent Continue Reading »