Why Some Get Admitted While Other Strong Students Get Rejected

You Can Control Most Of This Process By Focusing On These Factors: *Academic grade point average in all completed A-G courses, including additional points for completed UC-certified honors courses. *Number of, content of and performance in academic courses beyond the minimum A-G requirements. *Number of and performance in UC-approved honors and Advanced Placement courses. *Identification…
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Another Reason Rankings Don’t Serve The Purpose You May Think

Colleges can manipulate enrollment to report an illusion of post-graduate success and lower student loan debt. Rankings force behaviors to be adopted by colleges like equating “academic quality with institutional wealth and privilege”. https://gazette.com/news/education/colorado-college-to-no-longer-provide-data-for-u-s-news-world-reports-flawed-rankings/article_ae247174-b6f1-11ed-b686-5fa837e8d74c.html
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Early Common Application Trends For Class Of 2027

-2.8 Million Apps Submitted By Nov 1.-61% Of Domestic Students Submitting Early Came From ZIP Codes In The Top Income Quintile.-Only 48% Of Students Self-Reported Test Scores, Down From 51% The Year Before-400,000 Early Apps Were Submitted To The Most Selective Colleges With A Lower Than 25% Admit Rate-Over 1 Million Early Apps Were Submitted…
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The Most-Regretted & Lowest Paying College Majors

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Nearly 2 in 5 American college graduates have major regrets. That is, they regret their major. The regretters include a healthy population of liberal arts majors, who may be responding to pervasive social cues. When he delivered his 2011 State of the Union address in the shadow of the Great Recession, former president Barack Obama…
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