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According to College Express, “Standardized tests, extracurricular activities, campus visits, and other events have been canceled as a result of COVID-19, and many students are worried their college applications will be hindered by these missing links. “
This article discusses our report: “Care Counts in Crisis: College Admissions Deans Respond to COVID-19.”
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Our Get Out the Vote program was highlighted in the Harvard Graduate School of Education News article: Turning Passion into Civic Action.
"Part of our development is recognizing we’re global citizens and that what we do and say has an impact," said Kayesu Machayo, a program participant. Our initiative provided young activists with the tools to lead voter mobilization projects in their communities.
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Read Rick Weissbourd's Q&A with The Harvard Gazette’s Colleen Walsh on the future of college admissions and the new statement from admissions deans about what they expect from students during the pandemic.
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Teen Vogue’s Zach Schermele talked with Richard Weissbourd about our report, “Care Counts in Crisis: College Admissions Deans Respond to COVID-19.”
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"At a time of rising political polarization, reaching out to serve others can renew one’s sense of shared national identity and purpose," said Rick Weissbourd in the New York Times article, “Young People Are Fighting Hunger and Finding Purpose.” Photo by Nikolaos Mavromichalis
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Read Rick Weissbourd's Q&A with The Harvard Gazette’s Colleen Walsh on the future of college admissions and the new statement from admissions deans about what they expect from students during the pandemic.
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In this week’s email newsletter, The Marshall Memo highlighted our collective statement from over 330 colleges admissions deans presenting their priorities during the pandemic: self-care, academic work, service and contributions to others, family contributions, and extracurricular and summer activities.
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"The pressure to succeed can be all-consuming for many teens, triggering symptoms of chronic stress, anxiety, and/or depression," writes Katie Hurley in Psychology Today. She describes the new statement from college admissions deans as “good news on the horizon for high school students, and their caregivers, as they navigate this difficult time.”
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Sue O’Connell sat down with Rick Weissbourd on NECN to talk about the obstacles in the way for high school seniors this upcoming school year and what they should be thinking about when making a resume and applying to college.
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What will colleges expect from me?
"With limited access to traditional extracurriculars such as sports and school clubs, prospective college students are wondering," writes CNBC's Abigail Hess.
Our statement, endorsed by 315 college deans, aims to provide some guidance.
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Education Dive summarizes our college admissions statement, highlighting one of our main goals of making the process more equitable.
"The pandemic is highlighting inequities in the college admissions process that existed long before it began," writes Natalie Schwarz.
"The statement also makes clear that no applicant will be penalized for a change in academic circumstances, which includes testing, because of the pandemic," writes Austin Horn in NPR.
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"For the high school seniors of the Class of 2021 and their parents, 'uncertainty' has been the theme when it comes to the impending college admissions process," writes Allison Stater Tate in Grown and Flown.
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"An experience of searching for and applying to college that was already fraught with anxiety, and loaded with perceived expectation, has been compounded by new feelings of insecurity and uncertainty, " writes Brennan Barnard in Forbes.
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So what do admissions officials say they want and don’t want?" College officials have long talked about their holistic admissions practices, but the fact is that test scores have played a large role in many admissions decisions and can even determine where a student decides to apply. For next year, test scores won’t be a factor," writes Valerie Strauss in The Washington Post.
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James Vaznis writes in The Boston Globe about the new collective statement from college admissions deans.
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Scott Jaschik writes in Inside Higher Ed about our new statement that we issued with more than 300 admissions deans. The statement focuses on valuing self-care and family care -- and urging students to share their context so that colleges can understand their situations.
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Good Morning America highlights Making Caring Common's collective statement signed by more than 300 college admissions deans. The statement places an emphasis on things such as self-care along with academics amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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We can't predict the future. "That doesn’t mean, however, that we should stop working towards our goals," writes Brennan Barnard in Thrive Global. Our new statement discusses what colleges value and "reflects an ongoing commitment to a more hopeful future."
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