Boston University released decisions for the first round of early decision Thursday evening, admitting 34.1% of applicants to the class of 2028 in the first round of admissions following the affirmative action ruling.
We acknowledge that everyone comes from a different educational background in the same way that they do social, economic and cultural — so why should every student be defined by a single number they earn from a test that isn’t holistically fair?
The fact that the fate of these admissions processes will only affect about 1% of students in this country, it is important that these institutions fight for a more diverse student body and prove that public education can be elite without being elitist.
As a college student with a uterus, it may seem like a good idea to donate your eggs. You may get paid an exorbitant amount of money and help out a family in the process.
You may have even seen an...
The early 2000s phenomenon of redshirting, which encouraged parents to send their kids to school early in development, had more negative consequences than previously thought.
In the final episode of Fair Admission, we ask: what’s next for college admissions? With a full view of the inequities on the path to college, it’s time to hear the answers of experts as they...
The college admissions scandal of 2019 caught CEOs and famous actors in egregious fraud, but maybe the real scandal is a system that you don’t need to break the law to rig. Preference given to...
To understand standardized testing, we have to go back in time. Tracing the history of the SAT from its racist origins to its discriminatory impacts today, the imperative for a test-free future becomes...
In pursuit of a working definition of fair college admissions, the American ideal of meritocracy is called into question. Host Edward Sturm explores what fairness is (and is not) when we talk about...
Boston University announced it would extend its test-optional admissions policy for Fall 2022 and Spring 2023 applicants, nearly a year after the school initially made this decision.
