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When I Applied to College, I Didn’t Want to ‘Sell My Pain’

New York City: Are We an Empire in Decline?

SAT’s ‘Adversity Score’: The Wrong Answer?

The SAT’s Bogus ‘Adversity Score’

Reflections on the College Scandal

Wait, How Did You Get Into College?

Affirmative Action and College Admissions: ‘The Problem With Meritocracy Is That It Isn’t Meritocratic’

When Rejection Is the Name of the Game

Michael Bloomberg: Why I’m Giving $1.8 Billion for College Financial Aid

Do Not Double-Major

Harvard and the Myth of the Interchangeable Asian

A Supreme Court Transformed

A New Policy on Race in College Admissions

Applying to Harvard as an Asian-American

No Ethnic Group Owns Stuyvesant. All New Yorkers Do.

The Battle Over Elite High Schools

An Honors College That Honors Grit

Parents Do What the Mayor Hasn’t — Integrate Schools

Ruth Simmons on Cultivating the Next Generation of College Students

9 Back-to-School Tips for Parents and Students