+Class Notes | April 5, 2012
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Who Didn’t Get Into College This Year?

By Kayla Webley

Plus, news about America’s most educated cities and a college charging extra for in-demand classes.

+Nation | September 13, 2011
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U.S. News & World Report’s Shocker-Free 2012 College Rankings

By Kayla Webley

U.S. News & World Report released its annual list of America’s Best Colleges today and the news is, well, not exactly surprising.

+Society | April 6, 2011
A student sits under a tree in Harvard Yard at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts September 21, 2009.

Did Amy Chua’s Daughter Really Need a Tiger Mom to Get Into Harvard?

By William Lee Adams

Now that her eldest cub is bound for the Ivy League, the Tiger Mom has been tamed.

+Nation | March 31, 2011
Waiting is the hard part.

Sorry, Seniors: College Admission Rates Are Down This Year

By Megan Gibson

NewsFeed is sure there are plenty of high school seniors already sweating over the arrival of their college acceptance letters (or lack thereof), without us adding this disappointing news: Ivy League admission rates are way down this year. 

+Nation | March 27, 2011
Memorial Church at Stanford University

Stanford Tops List of College Applicants’ Dream Schools

By Nick Carbone

The Ivy League stalwarts have been upended by universities on the left coast. We’re chalking this one up to the weather (just a hunch).

+World | January 30, 2011
McDonald's To Open As Many As 200 Restaurants In China Next Year

The Prestige of Patty Flipping: China’s Hamburger University More Exclusive Than Harvard

By Nick Carbone

Surely there’s no ivy on the Golden Arches, but Chinese students are trading big-name colleges for Big Macs.