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 ...
I’ve been skeptical of the claim by colleges they care more about grades than test scores, but the University of Georgia may turn me into a believer. UGA says its main criteria are the rigor of the ...
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.
Salt Lake Community College’s health sciences programs recently switched to a holistic admissions process, where students who are applying to SLCC’s programs are assessed on more than just GPA and ...
Texas Southern University’s board of regents will discuss the possibility of increasing the school’s GPA requirements and waiving test scores in a special board meeting Monday, according to a meeting ...
I am going to be a high school junior and am hoping to attend a top-tier college. My problem is my GPA, which I believe may be around 3.0 when I graduate. I don’t think that this is an accurate ...