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 ...

Princeton University will reinstate the requirement for undergraduate applicants to submit SAT or ACT scores starting with ...

For generations, two numbers have signaled whether a student could hope to get into a top college: his or her standardized test score and his or her grade-point average. In the past 15 years, though, ...

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 ...

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.

The move toward test-optional admissions has not eliminated the value of strong SAT scores. Colleges still use scores for merit scholarships, class placement, and program eligibility. A higher score ...

Starting in fall 2027, first-year students applying to undergraduate at Auburn University will be required to submit their ...

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 ...