A report from IBNLive.com: HYDERABAD: Aspirants to medical education in the state are facing difficulties as no private or no private minority medical college is� following government guidelines on filling the management quota seats with eligible meritorious students. The C-category seats in private colleges and B-category seats in minority colleges should be filled according to [...]

A report from Los Angeles Times: The student government meets at Deep Springs College in 2004. The school north of Death Valley plans to admit women for the first time in 2013. (Spencer Weiner, Los Angeles Times / May 10, 2012) By Larry Gordon, Los Angeles Times May 10, 2012 Deep Springs College, the tiny [...]

A report from NorthJersey.com: Five things you need to know about college admissions I’ve addressed four of the five things high school students need to focus on during the college admissions process: the college search, the admissions tests required, your admissions options, and financial aid. This column will focus on the all-important admissions essay. How [...]

A report from Home School Legal Defense Association: IdahoHOME | LAWS | ORGANIZATIONS | CASES | LEGISLATION | HEADLINES May 1, 2012 Scott Woodruff answers questions and assists members with legal issues in Idaho. He and his wife homeschooled their children. Read more >> Last week the Idaho State Board of Education (ISBE) adopted a [...]

A report from The Hindu: A scrutiny of admission records at Delhi University’s Ramjas College has revealed yet another case of enrolment allegedly on the basis of forged marks-sheet, this time by a student from Assam. The police have so far registered 36 such cases and arrested 15 people for their alleged involvement. In the [...]

A report from Daily News & Analysis: Students applying online to secure admission in first year junior college (FYJC) this year are in for a rude shock. While the number of FYJC aspirants has increased, the number of seats available for online admissions has decreased by nearly 5,000. It will be easy to secure offline [...]

A report from San Jose Mercury News: BERKELEY, Calif. — Fifteen years ago, California became the first state to ban the consideration of race and ethnicity in public university admissions. Since then, the state’s most selective public colleges and graduate schools have struggled to assemble student bodies that reflect the state’s demographic mix. Universities around [...]

A report from USA TODAY: As the population continues to grow, age and diversify, medical leaders hope a revised version of the medical school admissions test will help recruit future doctors with a holistic understanding of how sociocultural factors affect health. The updated Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) — approved last month and set to [...]

A report from Huffington Post: Hollywood might think The Hunger Games is being released this Friday, but college-bound families know the craving for meaty college messages has been on for three months. Early returns suggest applicants will be seeing an increase in three trends that could make April fools out of student and counselor alike, [...]

A report from Patch.com: The college admissions process–from SATs to essays to extracurriculars–is enough to make any student, and parent, anxious. In her new book, The Neurotic Parent’s Guide to College Admissions, J.D. Rothman reflects on the process with humor and practical advice. Rothman and the Pati Piñeiro-Goodenberger, Asssociate Dean of Admissions at Occidental College, [...]