2025’s Top News Shaping College Admissions

College admissions in 2025 became a public, contested arena. Learn how political funding threats, campus safety, the post-affirmative action reality, AI, and FAFSA volatility will shape your family’s 2026 application strategy.

2025 Admissions Trends: The Signal Reset

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Every year, admissions offices remind us that they’re looking at the “whole student.” But 2025 has marked a sharp shift back toward what I’d call objective academic evidence: standardized test scores, externally graded work, AP and IB exams, and other measurable indicators of readiness.