EDUCATION
By Amanda Sterk, Ed.D.
College Admissions in COVID-19
A
ll around us we see the affects of COVID-19 and what it has done to our community. For many high school seniors across the nation, it has some other consequential affects on their college admissions and where the students are planning to go. While college admissions can be a stressful event in any year, the shutdown of schools, standardized testing, college tours, and normal college recruitment activities have made this year’s process even more difficult. How has college admissions changed? Many private and public colleges and universities throughout the nation went test optional, a term used when students have the
option to submit college entrance exams or not. This was due to the lack of testing options for students as many testing sites were shut down throughout the summer and into early fall. As colleges went test optional, more students began applying for the coveted seats of highly selective schools. Harvard College recently reported a 57% increase in early action college applications for fall 2021, making it the most competitive early admissions season in the school’s history. Other top universities reported similar numbers and reported larger numbers of their class of 2024 who had deferred admissions and elected to take a gap year. However, Florida was the only state in the country that still
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