Hacker News with Generative AI: College Admissions

Asian teen rejected by 16 colleges hired by Google, files discrimination lawsuit (abc7news.com)
The father of a Palo Alto teen who garnered national attention for getting rejected by 16 colleges and hired by Google as a software engineer has filed a new lawsuit on Feb. 11 against the University of California and five UC campuses -- UC Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD, UCSB and UC Davis -- as well as the U.S. Department of Education, for racial discrimination.

Education, Discrimination, Lawsuits, Technology, College Admissions

26 points by blackeyeblitzar 2 days ago | 23 comments

Colleges limit AP credits to maximize tuition revenue: study (thecollegefix.com)
Universities across the U.S. are preventing students from earning a degree in less than four years by accepting fewer Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate credits, a recent report by the Progressive Policy Institute found.

Education, Higher Education, Tuition, College Admissions, AP Credits

11 points by Eumenes 45 days ago | 1 comments

I could tell which college admissions essays were written by ChatGPT (reddit.com)
In the past three days, I've reviewed over 100 essays from the 2024-2025 college admissions cycle. Here's how I could tell which ones were written by ChatGPT.

ChatGPT, Education, Artificial Intelligence, College Admissions

9 points by EvgeniyZh 79 days ago | 0 comments

Stanford will once again require standardized tests for undergraduate admission (sfchronicle.com)

Standardized Tests, Education, College Admissions, Stanford University

62 points by belter 259 days ago | 19 comments

Harvard applications drop 5% after year of turmoil on the Ivy League campus (cbsnews.com)

Harvard University, College Admissions, Higher Education

91 points by donsupreme 297 days ago | 163 comments

Caltech restores standardized test requirement for undergraduate admission (caltech.edu)

Education, Standardized Testing, College Admissions

45 points by msravi 317 days ago | 20 comments