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Another elite college has opted to drop its test-optional policy! Stanford is giving students a break for the 2024-25 cycle, but future applicants will need competitive test scores.

In a surprise announcement last week, Harvard reversed its previous commitment to test-optional admissions through the 2025-26 cycle. By setting this precedent, we expect to see additional top colleges do the same...

On the eve of Ivy Day 2024, Ivy Link founder, Adam Nguyen sat down with The Philadelphia Inquirer to discuss the potential impact of the 2023 supreme court decision on affirmative action, and how students might get around that ruling by way of their essays.

UPenn follows Cornell and Vanderbilt, but that doesn’t mean students are off the hook for testing if they want to be competitive!

A foundational principle at Yale is under fire: legacy admissions.

While other top universities are revising their testing requirements, Duke is changing how they weigh both test scores and the Personal Statement.

Brown joins the growing number of elite colleges reinstating test requirements for undergrad admissions. Here’s what you need to know.

Mark your calendars for March 28 – Ivy Day, when Ivy League colleges release admissions decisions, a tradition stemming from an annual ceremony featuring ivy stones and student speeches celebrating academic excellence.

May 1, traditionally known as National College Decision Day, faces uncertainty this year as colleges extend deadlines due to delays in the rollout of the updated FAFSA, impacting financial aid offers and potentially causing a ripple effect across institutions.

Yale University's shift to 'test flexible' admissions for fall 2025, following Dartmouth College's lead, underscores a trend in Ivy League institutions.

On the heels of Dartmouth bringing back their testing requirements, Cornell and Vanderbilt say, “not yet”.

Dartmouth's reinstatement of standardized testing signals a shift in elite college admissions, challenging test-optional policies and underlining the importance of early test preparation for aspiring students.

The debate continues! Ivy Link founder Adam Nguyen reconvened with Business Insider to discuss how struggling students might be able to responsibly use ChatGPT.

Days after Harvard was sued over their legacy admissions policy, Wesleyan cuts the cord.

College admissions reform is on everyone’s mind these days, and next on the list is legacy admissions.

The landmark decision to overturn affirmative action has sent the world of college admissions into a frenzy. Ivy Link breaks down the immediate impact this will have, and provides some theories on what this change will mean for students in the long-term.

Prospective graduate students are in for some relief!

Columbia means it this time, for real!

As the debate over the ACT and SAT drags on, so does that of the LSAT. Now, a group of law school deans have proposed a compromise.

Our discussion on U.S. college rankings continue, as we break down how they are used by students at different stages of their academic career, the long-term implications, and more. Read Part I here.

Ivy Link’s founder, Adam Nguyen sat down with TIME magazine last month to discuss why college rankings have been troubled, and why colleges do in fact care where they land on the list.

As another college parts with U.S. News, we can’t help but wonder, who’s next?

ChatGPT continues to improve with each update, and to stress out education professionals. But there is still one key area in which the impressive AI still falls short.

Ivy Link’s founder, Adam Nguyen, recently sat down with Business Insider to discuss the efficacy of ChatGPT essays for the purpose of college admissions. Now, you can read those essays and see for yourself why AI still doesn’t quite cut it.

We’ve been waiting for this shoe to drop! Nearly three years after the COVID pandemic led nearly every college in the country switch to test-optional admissions, Columbia says test-optional is here to stay. What does this mean for your student?

One of the hottest topics in education right now: ChatGPT. The folks at Business Insider reached out to Ivy Link to get our take on how (if at all) ChatGPT and other AI technologies might disrupt college admissions.

It should come as no surprise that the debate between a bunch of lawyers about LSAT requirements continues to drag on with no clear end in sight. Here we break down the latest updates.

The LSAT is here to stay…for now. Here we break down the debate thus far, and what opponents and proponents of the LSAT can do next.