Admission tests may become optional at law schools

Selective colleges and universities are seeing a flood of applicants and will likely keep test-optional admissions, says John Latting, Emory University's dean of admission......»»

Three out of every four students accepted at Penn through early admissions submitted test scores. At Georgetown, that number was 93%......»»

Applications for early admission, long seen as the easier path to elite schools, soar, and so do rejections......»»

MORNING LEAD Buffalo Common Council President Darius Pridgen says he has tested positive for COVID-19. "Anybody can get this. I don't care how guarded one is, I don't care, anybody can get it," Pridgen says. There are now 414 reported cases in Erie Coun.....»»

All Florida K-12 school districts, career and technical colleges will not return to in-person classes until at least April 15 due to the coronavirus. The Florida Department of Education announced all schools will be closed beyond the original plan of the.....»»

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be in isolation for two weeks after his wife, Sophie, tested positive for coronavirus on Thursday, and the outbreak prompted the province of Ontario to shutter schools to limit the spread......»»

2 Bronx Schools Close After Student Tests Positive For Covid-19: Live Updates.....»»

Smaller high schools in Central Florida in general outperformed larger ones when it came to how well their students scored on their 2019 SAT tests. In fact, the top three schools this year each had less than 200 students take the test. Orlando Business.....»»

Measuring smarts is no easy feat — but schools across the country certainly try. American high school students, depending on the state, may take over 100 standardized tests before they........»»

Some parents spend $10,000 on SAT prep, but is the investment still worth it as schools go test-optional?.....»»

Schools that do go test-optional generally see an increase in the number of black and Latinx students......»»

For more than one hundred years, admission to our nation’s most highly regarded colleges has been restricted largely to students of high academic promise. By and large, the students accepted by the Ivy League schools and smaller elite colleges hav.....»»

As eighth graders around the Bay ready themselves to hear back from high school admission offices this week, the Business Times is presenting Niche’s 2019 ranking of the 25 best private high schools in the Bay. This 2019 list features many familia.....»»

Parents, university coaches and a college-admissions counselor were among dozens charged Tuesday in a sweeping criminal conspiracy that sought to help applicants win admission to elite schools... To view the full story, click the title link......»»

Growing numbers of colleges and universities are offering fall admission accommodations to current or accepted students at soon-to-be-shuttered Mount Ida College in Newton. These include Western Massachusetts schools such as Western New England Un.....»»

Mayor Bill de Blasio on Friday explained that he has not unilaterally changed the admission policy at five test-in high schools because he is not sure that he can legally do so. Instead he is seeking... To view the full story, click the title link......»»

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It’s hip, it’s casual and admission is optional. Those usually aren’t words associated with a piano recital. Across the country and in Cincinnati, musicians are experimenting with creative ways to find new fans for classical music. A five-ye.....»»

Most college-bound high school students take either the ACT exam or the SAT as part of the college application process, and the new SAT/ACT testing season is about to begin. Here is a look at how local high schools' students fared on the ACT tests .....»»

The new research is raising concerns about how biased results could tarnish the artificial-intelligence technology’s exploding use by police and in public venues, including airports and schools......»»