Hacker News with Generative AI: Admissions

Penn to reduce graduate admissions, rescind acceptances amid research cuts (thedp.com)
Penn directed department chairs to significantly reduce admissions rates across graduate programs in the face of federal research funding cuts, multiple faculty members told The Daily Pennsylvanian.
California bans legacy admissions at private universities (nytimes.com)
California will ban private colleges and universities, including some of the nation’s most selective institutions, from giving special consideration to applicants who have family or other connections to the schools, a practice known as legacy admissions.
MIT undergraduate admissions in the wake of the 2023 Supreme Court ruling (news.mit.edu)
UC admissions rates for every high school in California (sfchronicle.com)
Harvard will require test scores for admission again (washingtonpost.com)