What Colleges Want in an Applicant (Everything)
The admissions process is a maddening mishmash of competing objectives, and an attempt to measure the unmeasurable: you. No, it isn’t fair, and likely never will be.
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The admissions process is a maddening mishmash of competing objectives, and an attempt to measure the unmeasurable: you. No, it isn’t fair, and likely never will be.
By ERIC HOOVER
There’s no magic formula for getting into a selective college, but here are some lessons from a longtime observer to help you navigate the process.
By ERIC HOOVER
Not all philosophy majors wind up as baristas, and not all engineers get rich. Here’s what you need to know before making this big decision.
By JEFFREY J. SELINGO
American universities are using offshore strategies to swell their coffers, skirt taxes and obscure investments that could spark campus protests.
By STEPHANIE SAUL
A handful of prestigious law schools, for the first time this admissions cycle, are allowing applicants to submit GRE scores instead of LSAT scores. This issue's Pop Quiz: sample questions from both.
By JANE KARR
Graduate programs in STEM have the highest percentage of international students of any broad academic field. Why don’t the locals bother?
By NICK WINGFIELD
A retiring editor reflects on three decades of education coverage and the issues that endure.
By JANE KARR
Christina Hoff Sommers, a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, long argued that the Obama model didn’t work. Here’s her take on what the changes mean.
Interview by STEPHANIE SAUL
With so many variations on what constitutes higher education as well as family, it’s no wonder there are so many definitions. And that matters.
By ROCHELLE SHARPE