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Workshops help juniors craft college essays

Park Record 25 Mar 2025
... a topic they feel strongly about, and after several edits, come up with a polished essay in their voice that they are proud of that they can submit to college admissions officers who will read it.”.
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As crises grip colleges, more students than ever are set to enroll

Sun Sentinel 25 Mar 2025
Admissions processes, upended by the Supreme Court decision to ban affirmative action, have been revamped ... The Supreme Court’s decision in 2023 to strike down race-conscious admissions has upended ...
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Kaplan Survey: Pre-Law Students Want Clarity from Law Schools on Using GenAI in Admissions Essays…Clarity That’s Currently Lacking (Kaplan Inc)

Public Technologies 18 Mar 2025
Only 27 percent of pre-law students surveyed believe that law schools should allow applicants to use GenAI to help them write their admissions essays; 55 percent say GenAI should not be allowed; the remaining 18 percent are unsure.
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Lawsuit: University of California systematically discriminates against Asian American applicants

Daily Breeze 17 Mar 2025
Beginning at UCLA and then adopted by every other UC campus, the nine-campus system gave admissions directors the right to consider proxies for race – including essays that prompt applicants and the ...
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The Veiled Bigotry of Holistic Review

The American Spectator 15 Mar 2025
The roots of the holistic review include Harvard’s attempts in the 1920s to limit Jewish student admissions. Joined by Columbia and Yale, Harvard officials targeted recruiting in regions with smaller Jewish populations while capping Jewish admissions.
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What I didn’t say in my Common App essay

Washington Square News 14 Mar 2025
With NYU’s release of regular decision admissions for the class of 2029 around the corner, I’m reminded of that crappy essay I wrote three years ago ... As I wrote in my Common App essay, I was fascinated by books and literature from a young age.
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Knowing the yield rate can be your winning recipe for an Ivy League seat: Here’s how

The Times of India 12 Mar 2025
Engage with admissions officers, attend virtual or in-person campus events, and craft compelling essays that articulate why a particular school is the right fit.Maximise opportunities through early admissions.
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In review: A sip of spring fiction, with a bit of history for flavor

News Courier 11 Mar 2025
Other notable titles out this spring and worth the price of admission — no essay required — range from the fantastical to the feral with a number of big-hitting authors submitting some of their best work, including sequels..
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The unseen cost of AI: How LLM dependence is hollowing out the next generation’s minds

Khaleejtimes 10 Mar 2025
Admissions teams at several top universities have noticed an increase in applications with perfectly written ... Similarly, the admissions essays that move admissions officers come from genuine voices.
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As a college coach, I was mad when a student used ChaptGPT. I later realized ...

Business Insider 05 Mar 2025
sturti/Getty ImagesI work in college admissions, and one of my students used ChaptGPT to write his essay.I was angry, but then I saw all the ways AI can help students during the admissions ...
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