What Seniors Are Writing About in Their College Admissions Essays

Some students are still mentioning their race or immigrant status as the Trump administration cracks down on diversity ...
CNN

Today’s college admissions process isn’t just convoluted. It’s cruel

EDITOR’S NOTE: Mary Frances Ruskell graduated in May from her high school in Columbia, South Carolina. The first round of admissions decisions for Clemson University came out on a December evening, ...
OPB

College admissions: How the game is shifting

Editor’s note: This is the first story in a collaborative series covering the state of Northwest college admissions in 2025. Directives by the Trump administration are aimed at eliminating race-based ...
WTVD

AI is new tool for some universities and colleges in the application admission process

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- The month of December is a major milestone for high school seniors who make the decision to start applying for college. The college admissions application process is changing ...
Forbes

For Elite College Admissions, Fewer Activities May Mean More

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about education, edtech and higher education. When people find out that I write about colleges and universities, I am ...
Inside Higher Ed

A Call for College Application Innovation

Courtesy of Brennan Barnard, generated by GPT-4o. What if applying to college was actually fun? What if admission wasn’t approached as something applicants had to endure or survive, but rather seen as ...
New York Post

How academic pressure and college admissions cause student stress

Ahana Gadiyaram reports on the stress college admissions are causing high school students at at Horace Mann in the Bronx. freshidea - stock.adobe.com This article is one of the winning submissions ...