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College Board Announces New Initiative: Adversity Ratings

Each year over two million students sit for the SAT, an exam that tests for aptitude in both math and English. The scores are then reported to colleges and universities and added to the applicant’s file which also include transcripts, letters of recommendations, and the Common Application itself. This past week the College Board, the company that administers the test, has announced that it will be adding an adversity rating to its report. The College Board will collect this data based on an algorithm that has yet to be shared with the public. The basic gist of the ratings is the following: On a scale of 1-100, students will be scored based on the adversity they have faced in their lives. Scores above 50 will [...]

What is an Alternative Decision?

As if the college application and admissions process is not daunting enough, there is a new trend in what college counselors around the nation are calling “alternative admission decisions.” Instead of following the traditional trajectory of a college pathway which typically begins the fall semester of freshman year, colleges and universities across the country are offering a select group of students a different path. Some schools are offering a spring semester admission while others are offering a guarantee transfer for sophomore year all contingent on maintaining a certain GPA . We see schools that are offering admission to a satellite campus freshman year with a guarantee of a transfer to the main campus should certain requirements be met and other schools offer a guarantee admission [...]