Lauren Robinson

Things To Bear in Mind During a Campus Tour

Lauren Robinson

Before making a final decision and sending the enrollment deposit to a university, prospective college students must take the physical environment of each school of their consideration into account. Among many factors such as student activities and academic programs, the campus of an institution is one of the most crucial elements in forming students’ college experience. Students will be spending a significant amount of their time on and around campus for four years not only for academics and extracurricular activities but also for exploring their career options after graduation. While…

Universities Should Not Cut Communication With Russia

Lauren Robinson

A group of Universities in Australia, including the Australian National University (ANU), have taken measures to halt all collaboration with fellow research institutions in Russia. This decision to shut down lines of communication, intended as a repudiation of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, could end up strengthening the effect of the Russian state’s propaganda on its people rather than weakening it. In fact, the ability of academic institutions to share information could work as a key factor in supporting the widespread anti-war sentiment among Russians. Numerous faculties at ANU wrote in…

Covid Brings All-time Low Acceptance Rates

Lauren Robinson

The majority of top colleges in the U.S. have announced their acceptance rate for the class of 2026. The Ivy League schools have always been difficult to get into, but the coronavirus pandemic has made admission considerably more difficult for applicants. In addition, several U.S. universities have made SAT or ACT scores optional over the last two years, resulting in a surge in applications and record-low acceptance rates. On the last day of March, the eight Ivy League schools — Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, University of Pennsylvania, and…

Problems With Teaching Chinese Politics

Lauren Robinson

For any political science major, there is always time and place to learn about Chinese politics. China is such a huge part of global politics, and to not teach about Chinese politics in a political science course would be like teaching a physics course without algebra. Sometimes colleges require certain majors to take a mandatory course on Chinese politics because of how influential it is to international politics. However, it has become increasingly difficult to have an objective view of China without offending Chinese international students or hiring a professor…

No More SAT/ACT for CSU Admissions

Lauren Robinson

The change was unanimously accepted by the California State University Board of Trustees, aligning the country’s largest four-year university system with the “test free” admissions method already in place at the University of California college system. The California State University system has 477,000 students enrolled in its 23 colleges around the state, while the University of California system has approximately 280,000 students enrolled in its ten campuses. Last year, the University of California Board of Regents agreed to eliminate the necessity for standardized test admissions at its undergraduate schools, which…

UC Berkeley Admissions Has Been Saved

Lauren Robinson

Thousands of accepted students could have been denied from entering UC Berkeley after the state Supreme Court ordered the university earlier this month to freeze student enrollment at 42,347. The ruling came as an initial result of an ongoing legal fight between UC Berkeley and a local community organization over the environmental impact of a proposed expansion plan by the school. However, a bill was passed on Monday to give the school some time to comply with the law, allowing the students to enter the campus as planned. Save Berkeley’s…