Here's what to do while you're waiting to hear back from colleges, per admissions expert Sara Harberson ...

Some students are still mentioning their race or immigrant status as the Trump administration cracks down on diversity efforts. But many are avoiding sensitive aspects of their identity.

Hang by the pool, enroll in summer school, or get a job? Here’s what one independent college admissions counselor advises her ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Mary Frances Ruskell graduated in May from her high school in Columbia, South Carolina. The first round of admissions decisions for Clemson University came out on a December evening, ...

Julie J. Park thinks the Supreme Court’s ban on race-conscious admissions will make the lives of many students “tangibly ...

After meticulously polishing application materials, hitting submit during the early admissions round, and enduring the agonizing wait for an admissions decision, thousands of students opened their ...

Re “The College Game Is Changing. It’s Still Dreadful,” by Jeffrey Selingo (Opinion guest essay, Sept. 28): Mr. Selingo is right: Almost everything about “the game” of college admissions is broken.

Citing the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2023 decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard as its foundation, the administration of President Donald Trump has taken a number of steps in the name of ...

Washington — Colleges will be required to submit data to prove they do not consider race in admissions under a new policy ordered Thursday by President Donald Trump. In 2023, the Supreme Court ruled ...