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.
Higher Education, Admissions, Research Funding
331 points by strangeloops85 62 days ago | 656 comments
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.
California, Higher Education, Admissions, Private Universities
585 points by JumpCrisscross 208 days ago | 619 comments
MIT undergraduate admissions in the wake of the 2023 Supreme Court ruling (news.mit.edu)
Education, Law, Higher Education, Admissions, Supreme Court
32 points by dougb5 248 days ago | 24 comments
UC admissions rates for every high school in California (sfchronicle.com)
Education, California, Admissions, Data, High Schools
3 points by enahs-sf 283 days ago | 0 comments
Harvard will require test scores for admission again (washingtonpost.com)
Education, Admissions, Harvard University
105 points by msravi 380 days ago | 187 comments