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UCs no longer considering SAT and ACT scores

University of California Will No Longer Consider SAT and ACT Scores The university system has reached a settlement with students to scrap even optional testing from admissions and scholarship decisions.

Applications boom, admit rates plummet: Prestige college admissions get a little crazier in the pandemic

Applications boom, admit rates plummet: Prestige college admissions get a little crazier in the pandemic Applications to Harvard University spiked more than 40 percent. And 3.4 percent got in. It was not a coincidence that it was Harvard's first test-optional year.

Rejected by Stanford?

Rejected by Stanford? You'll live THIS AFTERNOON, my office will send out nearly 18,000 e-mail messages to high school seniors who are waiting with anticipation to learn whether they will be invited to spend the next four years at Stanford.