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John Doerr, a successful venture capitalist in Silicon Valley, and his wife Ann, have donated $1.1 billion to Stanford University, the largest donation in the university’s history and second largest to any university

According to The New York Times, Judge Claude M. Hilton of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia noted, “It is clear that Asian American students are disproportionately harmed by the board’s decision to overhaul T.J. admissions,”

Last week, the Department of Education announced changes to two of its student loan programs, the Public Service Loan Forgiveness and income-driven repayment (IDR) programs.

Before the official decision notification date, colleges have a way of hinting to a few special applicants that they are likely to be admitted: by sending them likely letters.

On Wednesday, April 13th, Williams College announced that it will be the first school in the country to eliminate loans and all required campus and summer jobs as part of financial aid packages offered to students.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, colleges have struggled to safely accommodate students while navigating the shift to virtual and hybrid learning. Applicants to high school summer programs have also been victims of a loss of in-person instruction, or worse,

Every year, news articles are published about a student or two who received acceptances from all eight Ivy League schools. Why are students blanket applying to all Ivies even if just one of them might not be a good fit?

Congratulations to all students who were accepted into Ivy League schools on ‘Ivy Day,’ Thursday, March 31st! Five of the eight Ivies have released their acceptance data for the 2021-2022 application cycle. Two of the institutions, Cornell and Princeton, will

Boston University Boston University released its admissions decisions for the Class of 2026. The school received a record 80,794 applications and admitted 14% of those applicants.

MIT offered a test-optional policy for the past two years to accommodate for COVID-19’s impact on testing. However, the dean of admissions and student financial services, Stu Schmill, explained in his statement announcing the reinstatement of the requirement that “standardized