High-stakes “weed-out” classes like Organic Chemistry are relics of an age when college students were much more uniformly privileged.
Tag: Admissions Standards
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As New Term Starts, Supreme Court Poised to Resume Rightward Push
The justices return to the bench on Monday to start a term that will include major cases on affirmative action, voting and discrimination against gay couples. Several will take on questions about race.
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How Private High Schools Keep the College Pay-to-Win Game Going
And it can be yours for just four yearly payments of $50,000!
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In a Reversal, NYC Tightens Admissions to Some Top Schools
The city loosened selection criteria during the pandemic, policies some parents protested as unfair and others hoped would reduce racial disparities.
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The Discount Data That Some Colleges Won’t Publish
Want to know how few students pay full price, or the odds of getting merit aid? The so-called Common Data Set can help, but some schools don’t post it.