If you work long enough in education, you see that most academic trends swing through extreme phases like a pendulum. College admissions trends have followed suit, especially regarding standardized ...

A committee of the UNC System Board of Governors wants to change universities’ admission standards to give schools more flexibility in what students they admit. If a proposal is approved by the full ...

GPA is a system used in high schools and colleges, mainly in the US, to measure a student’s performance and academic achievement. GPA is calculated by converting grades or percentages you receive for ...

I’ve been skeptical of the claim by colleges they care more about grades than test scores, but the University of Georgia may turn me into a believer. UGA says its main criteria are the rigor of the ...

It seems some are willing to do the unthinkable to get into college these days. After a celebrity college admissions scandal swept the nation earlier this month, it seems clear that getting into ...

Salt Lake Community College’s health sciences programs recently switched to a holistic admissions process, where students who are applying to SLCC’s programs are assessed on more than just GPA and ...

Northern Illinois University is getting rid of standardized tests next year, joining a growing contingent of colleges that are minimizing the role of SAT and ACT scores in undergraduate admissions.

C.T. asks: Dad of a high school junior here. How much do test scores help if they’re higher than the norm? Could they make up for a lower-than-average GPA at a test-optional school? And do any of the ...

While a student's major is considered, medical schools place the greatest weight on the "science" or BCPM GPA – that of ...