On The Spot: College admissions changes

“Personally, [the college admissions process] wasn’t too bad. I had one college in mind that I really wanted to go to, and it is not a super hard college to get into. So, I didn’t have too many struggles. Overall, I know that  [COVID-19] made it a lot worse. Statistically, I know in terms of financial aid, it was the least amount of money given out across the nation. UTD, for example, this ...

“I think it’s definitely very different. A lot more people applied to all the schools, so a lot of the acceptance rates are going to go down. I think it makes it more difficult, but it is also good because people feel like they can apply to any college now. Because the admissions process was a little different, maybe some people who wouldn’t be accepted in the first place would be accepted n...

“I think it’s been significantly impacted not only because of covid, but because College Board changed and said we are not going to take the SAT with the essay anymore. Everybody is trying out the new thing of, well you don’t really have to submit your SAT or ACT scores, so then it defaults to a holistic review that I don’t think a lot of kids were prepared for. Aso, everybody’s junior year ...

“I thought it was pretty good. I started stuff pretty earlier on, but I can’t compare it to any other year because I haven’t applied to college any other year. I had help from a college counselor, and I did still opt in to test scores, so mine wasn’t really slighted any differently. I feel like a lot of the short answer questions were based off of covid scenarios and stuff like that. I would sa...

“It is lengthy, and it is definitely something that I wish they would actually teach you in high school along with several other things that you would need in life. Covid most definitely affected how you experience college admissions because most of the time when you want to go to a college you go on a tour sometimes, and you get to walk around campus and see how lively it is. Due to covid regulations...

“It was tough. I’m going to say it was really tough. I thought it was going to be a lot easier, but because of covid and everything there's been a lot of applicants. I don’t know I was just expecting a lot more scholarship money from schools and stuff like that, so it was a lot more difficult. I can’t say for sure how covid [impacted everything], but I know that it did have an impact. A lot of...