This week, Virginia bans legacy preference, UC San Diego sees record-high applicant numbers, UT-Austin reinstates standardized testing, Bowdoin student workers seek unionization, and FAFSA delays result in fewer forms filed.
Legacy admissions will be banned at all public universities in Virginia. Universities will no longer be allowed to give preference to applicants who are related to alumni or donors. The ban will affect admissions at the highly selective University of Virginia and the College of William and Mary; Virginia Tech eliminated legacy preference last year.
The University of California San Diego announced a record-high applicant pool for the fall of 2024. With a combined 156,906 freshman and transfer applicants, the university marks a 4% increase in overall applications from last year. These numbers make UCSD the second most-applied to university in the country, after UCLA.
The University of Texas at Austin will once again require standardized test scores for admission starting this fall. Admissions officials have said that SAT and ACT scores help them place students more effectively in academic programs.
While residential life student staff members at Bowdoin College have moved to unionize for better pay, the college has declined to recognize the union. As a result, a secret ballot election is being organized by the National Labor Relations Board. If 50% or more of the student staff members vote to unionize, the college will recognize and negotiate with the members.
FAFSA submissions from high school seniors were down as of late February. As a direct result of rollout delays, 38% fewer students submitted FAFSA forms than last year at this time.
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