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Yale's campus, where only around 44% of undergraduates are white. (Photo: Pixabay)

Yale University establishes committee to help white applicants

Lorenzo Del Rosario
  •  
Oct. 25, 2020
Featured
Graphic: AMY LO/The Stanford Daily

The racist and classist roots of standardized testing found a home at Stanford — and they still endure today

Georgia Rosenberg
  •  
Sept. 22, 2020
Humor
An excited person sitting on grass with a laptop. (Photo by Andrea Piacquadio from Pexels)

Top 6 tips to get into the college of your choice

Shoaib Jamil
  •  
Aug. 13, 2020
News
Iris Fu '24 uses her YouTube channel to give high schoolers advice on the college admissions process. (Image Credit: Iris Fu)

The Stanford corner of YouTube grows with incoming student Iris Fu

Nevin Thombre
  •  
July 26, 2020
News
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Stanford students help run summer fellowship assisting underrepresented students with college admission

Tyler Pak
  •  
July 17, 2020
News
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Behind the curtain of ‘highly selective’ pre-college programs

Rae Wymer
  •  
July 15, 2020
University
(Photo: TARA BALAKRISHNAN/The Stanford Daily)

Standardized testing now optional for Class of 2025 applicants

Erin Woo
  •  
June 17, 2020
News
A marching band plays on Hoover Fountain.

Prospective admits try to plan amid uncertainty

Kate Selig
  •  
April 15, 2020
Opinions
Columnist Gabriella Fedetto urges us all to think twice before offering college essay editing services for exorbitant prices. (Wikimedia Commons)

The toxic culture of college admissions advising

Gabriella Fedetto
  •  
Nov. 21, 2019
World & Nation
Photo: Honeyhuyue/Wikimedia Commons

‘High pressure, high stress’: Chinese students reflect on international admissions following scandal

Won Gi Jung and Michelle Bao
  •  
Oct. 24, 2019
University
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College Board backtracks on ‘adversity score’ after criticism

Emma Smith
  •  
Sept. 24, 2019
Columnists
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The lies that uphold the system: Operation Varsity Blues

Anat Peled
  •  
June 16, 2019
News
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Former sailing coach expected to face 13-month prison sentence

Elena Shao
  •  
June 7, 2019
News
SEAN LEE/The Stanford Daily

Menlo Park student, among others, falsely claimed minority status in admissions scandal

Sean Lee
  •  
May 20, 2019
World & Nation
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SAT to give students ‘adversity score’ to account for social, economic background

Richard Coca
  •  
May 17, 2019
Opinions
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Op-Ed: Which is it — fraud or privilege?

From the Community
  •  
May 10, 2019
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The college admissions crisis is structural

Terence Zhao
  •  
May 3, 2019
Opinions
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Frankly Speaking: On College Admissions and Privilege

From the Community
  •  
April 25, 2019
News
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Second Bay Area couple involved in admissions scandal to plead guilty

Julia Ingram
  •  
April 9, 2019
News
Three sailboats on a lake

Stanford expels student admitted with falsified sailing credentials

Erin Woo
  •  
April 7, 2019
The Stanford Daily

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