Given the mania surrounding admissions to highly selective institutions such as Harvard College, many students are curious about the exact qualities that gained them admission. And in a sharp increase ...

“I really just can’t imagine a scenario where I recommend a student read their file," Director of One-Stop College Counseling Laurie Kopp Weingarten said. Credit: Weiwei Meng An email from Penn’s ...

Over 300 students have filed requests to view their admission files under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act since Jan. 15, according to Senior Associate ...

Applicants to three private colleges this week discovered just how steep the price of admission can run. Hackers breached the system that stores applicant information for Oberlin College in Ohio, ...

Some applicants at three private liberal arts colleges report this week that they have received anonymous notes offering them the chance to buy their complete admissions files, including comments made ...

The evening of Jan. 15 started like any other for Stanford’s 7,000 undergraduates. That quickly changed when a mass email sent shockwaves through the student community, disrupting late-night studying ...

In 2013, Stanford University had the lowest acceptance rate of any college or university in the nation. Of the 38,828 applicants, just 2,209 were accepted. Those select students don’t know why they ...

About 50 students and alums took advantage of their rights under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 by sending requests for personal records to the ...

On Thursday morning a high-school senior in Texas received a strange email. “You are now presented with a unique opportunity,” it said, “to purchase your entire admissions file.” The message appeared ...

Drexel University abides by the provisions of Public Law 93-380, which grants the student the right to examine admission files that are part of the student's permanent "Educational Record." Please ...