College admissions are changing fast. Here’s what students now face

SATs are back, legacy admissions are fading, and AI reviews essays. Students face a more competitive and uncertain college ...

The Real Work Before College Admissions: Raising Resilient Teens

Long before senior year, students are already learning how to navigate pressure, setbacks, and identity. The admissions ...
Grand Forks Herald

Commentary: Unlocking the black box of college admissions

A single college rejection letter can sting. Admissions teams will say no thousands of times in the coming weeks. This rationing of knowledge is unnecessary. Higher education can be scalable, ...
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 ...
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, ...
Chicago Tribune

David Blobaum: College admissions is not a meritocracy — it should be

There are two open secrets in college admissions. First, admissions is not a meritocracy based on academic achievement. Second, the factors used in “holistic” admissions (essays, teacher ...