Read more college applications stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/25744/college-applications.html2010 - Newseren-usNewser Feed Generator2010-03-22T15:57:29http://www.newser.com/story/82473/u-penn-adds-gay-box-on-application-but.htmlThat the University of Pennsylvania is adding a box on its application form students can use to indicate sexual orientation—and has asked the makers of the widely used “common application” to do the same—is nice, Gabriel Arana writes, but perhaps misguided. Schools and students alike would be better...http://www.newser.com/story/82473/u-penn-adds-gay-box-on-application-but.html2010-03-05T05:16:00http://www.newser.com/story/81138/high-schools-to-graduate-sophomores.htmlAbout 100 high schools in 8 states will soon embark on a European experiment that could have students going off to community college after 10th grade. Sophomores who pass a battery of board examinations would be free to graduate early, or stay to prepare for application for more selective universities.http://www.newser.com/story/81138/high-schools-to-graduate-sophomores.html2010-02-17T17:17:52http://www.newser.com/story/73540/high-school-seniors-skip-college.htmlA private consultant who makes a living helping high school seniors get into college has some unexpected advice for them: Don't do it. Take at least a year off instead, writes Gwyeth T. Smith. Yes, the idea of the "gap year" has been around a while, but the lousy economy...http://www.newser.com/story/73540/high-school-seniors-skip-college.html2009-11-07T16:57:56http://www.newser.com/story/70797/colleges-use-student-blogs-as-free-pr.htmlColleges are loosening the reins on student bloggers in hopes that a dose of candid commentary will lure prospective applicants. At MIT, for instance, bloggers paid by the admissions office go about their work with no fear of censorship. That policy has caused some friction—including a spat between the...http://www.newser.com/story/70797/colleges-use-student-blogs-as-free-pr.html2009-10-02T17:10:55http://www.newser.com/story/59572/sat-prep-classes-exaggerate-improvement-study-finds.htmlMany test-prep companies make impressive-sounding guarantees about students’ SAT performance, but an independent study finds that the courses offer little real improvement. Part of the problem may be tutors’ use of too-hard mock tests to judge students’ baseline performance, producing a false inflation that’s used to justify thousands of dollars...http://www.newser.com/story/59572/sat-prep-classes-exaggerate-improvement-study-finds.html2009-05-20T15:27:46http://www.newser.com/story/55352/now-nyu-goofs-on-acceptance-notices.htmlJust to make college admission a tad more excruciating, New York University has become the latest school to screw up on college acceptance notices, reports the Los Angeles Times . Some 500 rejected applicants were erroneously emailed last week that they had been accepted into an NYU graduate program. Officials blamed...http://www.newser.com/story/55352/now-nyu-goofs-on-acceptance-notices.html2009-04-05T12:33:47http://www.newser.com/story/54940/colleges-admit-more-students-just-in-case.htmlPrivate colleges across the nation are boosting the number of students they're accepting and the length of their waiting lists in case applicants can't write the tuition check when the time comes, reports the Washington Post . Applications are at a record high 3 million, but universities fear students planning on...http://www.newser.com/story/54940/colleges-admit-more-students-just-in-case.html2009-04-01T08:21:00http://www.newser.com/story/52707/colleges-are-as-nervous-as-high-school-seniors.htmlCollege admissions season is here, and for the first time in recent memory, it’s a students’ market, reports the New York Times . Amidst economic turmoil, nervous colleges are uncertain how many students will apply—so they plan to admit more applicants and offer greater financial aid. “It’s like the dot-com...http://www.newser.com/story/52707/colleges-are-as-nervous-as-high-school-seniors.html2009-03-07T21:07:35http://www.newser.com/story/51892/students-hurt-by-colleges-digital-verdicts.htmlCollege admissions offices are jazzing up acceptance packages—adding confetti, T-shirts, internet videos—to lure students, and are also trying to keep up with the times in their rejections, US News and World Report writes. But some efforts have backfired, with students hurt by brutally short, electronic turndowns—including text...http://www.newser.com/story/51892/students-hurt-by-colleges-digital-verdicts.html2009-02-26T18:30:02