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https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/16/us/sat-score.html?rref=collection/timestopic/College%20and%20University%20Admissions

SAT’s New ‘Adversity Score’ Will Take Students’ Hardships Into Account The College Board is adding a measure of students’ socioeconomic background to help colleges put test scores in context.

"The plan was controversial from the start with many complaining that it would deny high-achieving students admission to the state’s top two schools, the University of Texas (UT) at Austin and Texas A&M University, College Station. But a new analysis of 20 years of data finds that the 10 percent policy did little to expand access to students from high schools without a tradition of regularly sending students to those universities."

Texas top ten percent policy provides a cautionary lesson Beginning in 1998, Texas top ten percent plan guaranteed admission to its most selective public universities to any student who graduated in the top 10 percent of his or her high school.

The tuition waiver, which does not include room and board, will go into effect in fall 2020. All Pennsylvania colleges, including public and private institutions, are covered by the legislation.

Pennsylvania OKs Tuition Waivers for Foster Kids Foster children in Pennsylvania will soon be able to attend college tuition-free. A new state law extends the offer to anyone who spent time in foster care at age 16 or older, including students wh…