This week, ACT gave online registration another try, Michigan pushed its Early Action deadline back, and grad schools are grappling with test-optional admissions. ACT gave registration a second try this week and it was another Monday full of frustrations. Once Monday’s mess was over, however, several students had success getting seats for September and October (and […]
ACT Woes, UW-Madison Suspends Testing Requirement, and Covid on Campus
The big news this week was ACT registration (or lack thereof), in addition to some announcements relating to Fall 2020 reopenings. ACT’s system crashed on Monday, leaving thousands of students without a test date for fall (at least for now). In response to the system overload, ACT shut down registration and announced that it’ll open up again on […]
Strict Guidelines for Campus Life, Changes to Fall Sports, and MIT Goes Test-Optional
From a whole new world of college sports to the new rules of on-campus socializing, college admissions news largely focused on policies relating to Fall 2020 this week. And keeping the test-optional news going, MIT is now added to the list. In application news, MIT suspended its SAT/ACT testing requirement for the 2020-2021 admissions cycle and Johns Hopkins added Early […]
What Colleges Care About During This Time of Crisis
So much has been changed and impacted by the Covid pandemic, including the college application process. Dozens of colleges have announced changes to their testing policies for the next application cycle (more than half of US colleges are test-optional for 2020-2021), and over 300 college admissions deans recently endorsed a statement highlighting what they would […]
This Week in College Admissions: Test-Optional Updates, US News Rankings Change, and Fall Reopening
It’s been a busy week in college admissions. Here’s the weekly round-up: ACT Section Retesting is being delayed to 2021. ACT says it’s to accommodate all the rising seniors who need to take the ACT in light of 2020 testing cancellations and disruptions. Princeton, the last Ivy to go test-optional for 2020-2021, also announced that […]
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