Hacker News with Generative AI: College Admissions

Teen with 4.0 GPA who built the viral Cal AI app was rejected by 15 universities (techcrunch.com)
Zach Yadegari, the high school teen co-founder of Cal AI, is being hammered with comments on X after he revealed that out of 18 top colleges he applied to, he was rejected by 15.

Education, College Admissions, Artificial Intelligence

19 points by impish9208 22 days ago | 17 comments

My son has been rejected from all but 1 school (reddit.com)
My eldest son has been rejected by every college he applied to, except for our flagship state school, UMass Amherst. He is the singular brightest, most self-motivated, and most hardworking person I know.

College Admissions, Higher Education, Personal Experiences

5 points by htareque 25 days ago | 3 comments

Harvard Will Make Tuition Free for More Students (nytimes.com)
Harvard announced on Monday that it plans to offer free tuition for students whose families earn $200,000 and below, making it the latest elite school to expand financial aid after the Supreme Court banned the use of racial preferences in college admissions.

Education, Harvard University, College Admissions, Financial Aid

9 points by clockworksoul 40 days ago | 7 comments

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 64 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 108 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 142 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 322 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 360 days ago | 163 comments

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

Education, Standardized Testing, College Admissions

45 points by msravi 379 days ago | 20 comments