The fierce competition for college admissions has transformed high school from a time of learning into a race for perfection.

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Yet this time of year is also the time when applicants and their families question the transparency of the college application process. “I think [with] CSUs it’s pretty clear on the requirements: You ...

Readers respond to a guest essay about the broken process of college admissions. Also: What Taylor Swift taught us.

Dear Mark, I'm the parent of a high school senior, and we're right in the thick of the college admissions process. The application deadlines are c ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Legatt explores the intersection of education, AI, and leadership. The last three years of college admissions ...

I’m the parent of a high school junior. And, I’m starting to panic. I know that our high school ride is flying down the freeway way faster than the speed limit I had envisioned.

College admissions officers focus first on a student’s academics: GPA, AP and SAT scores, the rigor of their curriculum. Then ...

Mr. Driver is a professor at Yale Law School and the author of the forthcoming book “The Fall of Affirmative Action: Race, the Supreme Court, and the Future of Higher Education.” For many ambitious ...