Two Big Take-Aways from this Year’s College Admissions Data for Next Year’s Applicants
As this year’s college admissions season is coming down the home stretch—a season rife with new rules, uncertainty, misinformation, and angst—two salient facts have emerged. And by salient, I mean sticking out like two huge sore thumbs. Lots more students submitted applications to colleges across the board and across the nation than ever before (see, for example, Columbia Sees Record-High Applications for Class of 2025) Fueled by so many colleges waiving requirements for at least this year and next, far fewer students submitted standardized tests scores with their applications. (See CommonApp Data Show Most Applicants Are Not Submitting Test Scores Taken together, […]
