Here's an useful article from National Public Radio about how moms and dads can help dial back the pressure for their stressed out high schoolers.  

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For those of you that have been waitlisted at one of your top choices, here's a list of 2017 waitlist statistics for several popular private and public schools, along with notification dates and latest status where available.  

Our sample of waitlist statistics from 132 private and public institutions paints the following picture:

• On average, 13 percent of students accepting a place on a waitlist were admitted

• 63 percent of the schools admitted 10 percent or less of the students accepting a place on the wait list last year

• 51 percent of the schools admitted 5 percent or less

• 16 percent admitted no one

There are several factors driving the low rates, including the size of the waitlist (often very large), and how well a school anticipates its admissions yield. 

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The University of Chicago launched on June 14 its Empower Initiative to expand access to first generation and low income students.  

The initiative features a test-optional admissions process, enhanced financial aid and programmatic resources to support first generation and low income students through their college experience.

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It's May, and if you're a high school college counselor, that means it's time for board reports!

If you're feeling overwhelmed by all of the data gathering and number crunching involved, check in with us at College Kickstart. Our new outcomes reporting capability, included with high school counselor subscriptions, makes board reporting painless and gets you out of the weeds so you can focus on communicating insights.

Using a standard export from Naviance, we'll analyze your data and prepare a summary of admission and matriculation results, sliced and diced in a variety of ways to identify trends and provide insights to communicate to your board. 

That includes incorporating the latest available Class of 2022 admission rates and reconciling results with the latest Barron's and U.S. News rankings.  We've even included quintile reporting to let you delve deeper into what's happening by academic cohort.

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The University of Chicago announced that it admitted 2,329 students to the Class of 2022.  

Applications totaled 32,291, up 16.6 percent from the previous year, resulting in an overall admission rate of 7.2 percent.  

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Carleton College announced yesterday that it admitted 19.4 percent of applicants to the Class of 2022.  

Nearly 7,100 applications were received, up 9 percent from the previous year.

The target size for the Class of 2022 is approximately 525. 

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The University of California and the California Community Colleges announced plans to enhance transfer admission guarantees for academically prepared students.   

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The Claremont Colleges—Pomona, Pitzer, Scripps, Claremont McKenna and Harvey Mudd—announced admission results for the Class of 2022.  

• Pomona reported 7 percent of total applicants were admitted this year. Early and regular decision admission rates were not provided.

• Scripps reported 24.1 percent of total applicants were admitted to the Class of 2022.  The admission rate for early decision applicants was 32 percent versus 23 percent for regular decision.

• Pitzer reported an overall admission rate of 13.2 percent for the Class of 2022.  The early decision admission rate was 34.4 percent versus 11.3 percent for regular decision.

• Claremont McKenna admitted 8.9 percent of applicants to the Class of 2022.  Early and regular decision admission rates were not provided.

• Harvey Mudd admitted 14.5 percent of applicants to the Class of 2022.  The early decision admit rate was 18.9 percent while the regular decision admission rate was 13.9 percent.

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Forbes released its list of America's Best Value Colleges for 2018. 

The Forbes ranking methodology is driven by alumni earnings (20%), net price (20%), net debt (20%), school quality (20%), timely graduation (10%) and Pell grant recipients (10%).  

At the top of this year's list:

1. UCLA
2. University of California - Berkeley
3. Brigham Young University
4. University of California - Irvine
5. University of Washington - Seattle
6. Harvard University
7. Stanford University
8. Princeton University
9. University of California - San Diego
10. Amherst College

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Macalester College announced that it admitted 41 percent of applicants to the Class of 2022.  

In total, 5,985 applications were received for early and regular decision.

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The College of William & Mary announced it admitted approximately 36 percent applicants to the Class of 2022.  

A total of 14,640 applications were received.  The target size for the Class of 2021 is 1,530 students.

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Hamilton College announced that 1,300 applicants were admitted to the Class of 2022.  

A total of 6,240 applications were received, up 10 percent from the previous year, resulting in an overall admission rate of 20.8 percent.  

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Wesleyan University announced it admitted 17.5 percent of applicants to the Class of 2022.  

A total of 12,788 applications were received, up 2 percent from the previous year.

The targeted class size is 780. 

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The University of Notre Dame announced that 3,586 applicants were admitted to the Class of 2022.  

A total of 20,370 applications were received this year, resulting in an overall admission rate of 17.6 percent. Total applications were up 4 percent over the previous year.   

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Tufts announced that 14.6 percent of applicants were admitted to the Class of 2022.

A total of 21,101 applications were received this year, up 2 percent.   

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