College Admissions

Ivy beleaguered

The prestige of our school should not be an excuse for mediocrity.

A million little pieces

Reevaluate the value of "diversity."

Economic diversity: a goal deferred

Admissions officers need to recognize socio-economic diversity to truly bring equality to our University.

The SAT's Double Standards

The College Board's announcement last month that it will introduce a new test for eighth-graders has drawn attention to standardized testing and particularly to the SAT Reasoning Test.

In Defense of the SAT

Well, all you prospective class of 2013ers without a perfect 2400 SAT score, rejoice!

The Opportunity Cost of College

Take any introductory course in economics, and there’s a fair to decent chance that your professor or textbook will cite the “real” cost of a college education.

Paying Off the Achievement Gap

What were you thinking about the night before taking your Advanced Placement exams? College admissions? College credit? College scholarships? College, college, college.

To the Columbia University Dean of Admissions