The End of Race-Conscious Admissions – Or Is it?
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The End of Race-Conscious Admissions – Or Is it?

If you’re tuned in to higher ed, or maybe the news in general today, you’ll see headlines like “The End of Race-Conscious Admissions” or some go further and say “The End of Affirmative Action.”  It seems that it’s not truly accurate.  It feels a little too complex to try to explain in a social media…

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How Do Rolling Admissions Work? What You Need to Know

How do rolling admissions work?  Does it seem confusing?  It’s not!  When a college uses rolling admission, it means that they will evaluate applications as they are received.  This is different than a college that sets a regular decision deadline to review all applications – that means that a college will not review any applications…

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College Admissions Competition (Who Are Students Really Competing Against?)

As admissions decisions have come in this year, like every year, families will try to figure out why one applicant got admitted and another did not.  The perception is that there is indeed a college admissions competition among applicants.  But applicants are usually not competing for admission against who they think they are competing against. …

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6 Common App Mistakes to Avoid

If your student is finishing up their college applications on the Common Application platform, congratulations!  Before hitting “Submit,” your teen might want to review some of the most common, Common App mistakes to make sure their application is ready to go.  And if your senior has not yet begun working on their applications, it might…