SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean court ruled in favor of the government’s contentious plan to drastically boost medical school admissions on Thursday. A standoff between the government and doctors opposed to the plan has shaken the country’s medical system for months. More than 10,000 junior doctors have been on strike since February […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Desperate to end a weekslong strike by thousands of doctors, South Korea’s government said Friday it will slow down a plan to admit more students to the country’s medical schools from next year. More than 90% of the country’s 13,000 medical interns and residents have been on strike since late […]
Harvard has finally changed course and reinstated standardized testing for admissions after several other Ivy League schools led the way. Students applying to enter Harvard in fall 2025 and beyond will be required to submit SAT or ACT scores, though the university said a few other test scores will be accepted in “exceptional cases,” including […]
Earlier this month Dartmouth announced it was bringing back standardized testing after carrying out their own internal research project which found it was very effective at predicting student success at the school. Now Yale is also bringing standardized testing back, after also having a look at the data for students admitted with and without test […]
The Supreme Court has denied a request to halt West Point from considering race as a factor in its admissions process — at least for now. The court signaled Friday in its order denying a requested injunction that it isn’t weighing in on the merits at this early stage. “The record before this Court is […]
We were not dirt poor when I was growing up. But we were not exactly rich, either. A few times, we were barely lucky enough to hang on to the designation of “middle class.” Despite that, and my parents’ deep desire to be seen as ’60s radicals, my mother always held out hope that […]
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