If you work long enough in education, you see that most academic trends swing through extreme phases like a pendulum. College admissions trends have followed suit, especially regarding standardized ...

A committee of the UNC System Board of Governors wants to change universities’ admission standards to give schools more flexibility in what students they admit. If a proposal is approved by the full ...

In the highly competitive medical school admissions process, grades can make or break an application, experts say. Top ...

While GPA, test scores and schoolwork are certainly important, just submitting an application with these features alone will not be enough to get you over the fence and into the college of your dreams ...

It seems some are willing to do the unthinkable to get into college these days. After a celebrity college admissions scandal swept the nation earlier this month, it seems clear that getting into ...

Northern Illinois University is getting rid of standardized tests next year, joining a growing contingent of colleges that are minimizing the role of SAT and ACT scores in undergraduate admissions.

APPLICATION SEASON IS HERE, AND THE COMPETITION CAN BE FIERCE. AND THE PRESSURE TO PULL TOGETHER A STRONG APPLICATION REALLY WEIGHS ON OUR STUDENTS. SO JOINING ME TO ...