From passive to puppeteering: parents and college applications
USC students examine their parents' impact on their college admissions process.
Tag Archive for: college applications
COUNTERPOINT: Common App alternative is just a smokescreen to hide educational inequities
When scores of colleges across the country — known as the Coalition for College Access, Affordability and Success — announced the adoption of a website and set of online tools as an alternative to the now-pervasive Common Application, many equity advocates endorsed the deal as a groundbreaking new plan to increase college accessibility for underprivileged […]
Admissions will not ask questions about sexual orientation
Director of LGBT Resource Center Vincent Vigil said USC will look at peer institutions for advice.
Elmhurst application asks for sexual and gender orientation
In historical news, Elmhurst College in Elmhurst, Il., has become the first college in the entire nation to ask incoming students about their sexual orientation and gender identity on their college application. The question, “Would you consider yourself to be a member of the LGBT [lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender] community?”, with response selections of “yes”, […]