Anonymous
10/02/2025 11:06
Subject: White House Asks Colleges to Sign Sweeping Agreement
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Main points:
The memo demands that schools ban the use of race or sex in hiring and admissions;
freeze tuition for five years;
cap international undergrad enrollment at 15%;
require that applicants take the SAT or a similar test;
quell grade inflation.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/trump-universities-compact-federal-funds-agreement-df158493?mod=hp_lead_pos1
Starting this year?
How are applicants preparing for this change? Taking October SAT?
Deadline to register for Oct is likely over. Junior class has time, seniors prob not unless going RD.
Changes would probably apply to the next admissions cycle. I can't imagine schools going test-required and then requiring it like, that month.
But don't you think the proportion of admitted students with test scores would be higher even for class of '30? I think the upcoming cds data will show that it increased with class of '29 already. TO is a trap for the unwary
The kids who go TO mostly took the test, they just didn't score high enough. I don't think there's any "unwary."
Anonymous
10/02/2025 11:05
Subject: White House Asks Colleges to Sign Sweeping Agreement
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Main points:
The memo demands that schools ban the use of race or sex in hiring and admissions;
freeze tuition for five years;
cap international undergrad enrollment at 15%;
require that applicants take the SAT or a similar test;
quell grade inflation.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/trump-universities-compact-federal-funds-agreement-df158493?mod=hp_lead_pos1
Starting this year?
How are applicants preparing for this change? Taking October SAT?
Deadline to register for Oct is likely over. Junior class has time, seniors prob not unless going RD.
Changes would probably apply to the next admissions cycle. I can't imagine schools going test-required and then requiring it like, that month.
But don't you think the proportion of admitted students with test scores would be higher even for class of '30? I think the upcoming cds data will show that it increased with class of '29 already. TO is a trap for the unwary
Anonymous
10/02/2025 11:02
Subject: White House Asks Colleges to Sign Sweeping Agreement
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Main points:
The memo demands that schools ban the use of race or sex in hiring and admissions;
freeze tuition for five years;
cap international undergrad enrollment at 15%;
require that applicants take the SAT or a similar test;
quell grade inflation.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/trump-universities-compact-federal-funds-agreement-df158493?mod=hp_lead_pos1
Starting this year?
How are applicants preparing for this change? Taking October SAT?
Deadline to register for Oct is likely over. Junior class has time, seniors prob not unless going RD.
Changes would probably apply to the next admissions cycle. I can't imagine schools going test-required and then requiring it like, that month.
Anonymous
10/02/2025 11:01
Subject: White House Asks Colleges to Sign Sweeping Agreement
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:"Letters on Wednesday were going out to solicit agreement and feedback from Vanderbilt University, Dartmouth College, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Southern California, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Texas at Austin, the University of Arizona, Brown University and the University of Virginia, according to an administration official."
Who's going to sign this first? My bet: Vanderbilt.
Why these specific schools?
Behind the scenes negotiations?
It seems like such a weird mix of schools.
Anonymous
10/02/2025 11:00
Subject: White House Asks Colleges to Sign Sweeping Agreement
Anonymous wrote:Is this GPA part about college GPA or high school GPA? I don’t care much about college GPA. But high school GPA inflation needs to be controlled. In my years, students got As and Bs are good students. Nowadays 1/3 of the class is 4.0. So everyone takes a lot of AP/IB/DE insanely more than they actually need or should, or competes by founding so called non-profit organizations. That’s sick.
How would an agreement with a University impact high school grading?
Anonymous
10/02/2025 10:59
Subject: White House Asks Colleges to Sign Sweeping Agreement
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Does this mean current seniors have higher chances at elite institutions?
No
Why wouldn't it, if it cuts international student admission AND children of disgusted parents don't apply?
Anonymous
10/02/2025 10:57
Subject: White House Asks Colleges to Sign Sweeping Agreement
Is this GPA part about college GPA or high school GPA? I don’t care much about college GPA. But high school GPA inflation needs to be controlled. In my years, students got As and Bs are good students. Nowadays 1/3 of the class is 4.0. So everyone takes a lot of AP/IB/DE insanely more than they actually need or should, or competes by founding so called non-profit organizations. That’s sick.
Anonymous
10/02/2025 10:55
Subject: White House Asks Colleges to Sign Sweeping Agreement
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Main points:
The memo demands that schools ban the use of race or sex in hiring and admissions;
freeze tuition for five years;
cap international undergrad enrollment at 15%;
require that applicants take the SAT or a similar test;
quell grade inflation.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/trump-universities-compact-federal-funds-agreement-df158493?mod=hp_lead_pos1
Starting this year?
How are applicants preparing for this change? Taking October SAT?
Nearly 2m students took the test, there is not problem accessing it, people just don't want to submit their low scores. All of these colleges could fill their classes with those that submitted scores with no problem.
Anonymous
10/02/2025 10:52
Subject: White House Asks Colleges to Sign Sweeping Agreement
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:"Letters on Wednesday were going out to solicit agreement and feedback from Vanderbilt University, Dartmouth College, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Southern California, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Texas at Austin, the University of Arizona, Brown University and the University of Virginia, according to an administration official."
Who's going to sign this first? My bet: Vanderbilt.
Will be a race between Vandy and Dartmouth, Dartmouth will let Vandy go first and then sign up with the argument that the conclusion was inevitable, so might as well get on the train.
Test mandatory would screw Vandy . . . .
Anonymous
10/02/2025 10:49
Subject: White House Asks Colleges to Sign Sweeping Agreement
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
Vanderbilt University,
Dartmouth College,
the University of Pennsylvania,
the University of Southern California,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
the University of Texas at Austin,
the University of Arizona,
Brown University and
the University of Virginia[/quote]
Public in Maga (or maga-ish (VA)) states
VA went clearly for Harris by like 6 points. I mean, PA and NH supported Trump.
There are MAGA parts of every state.
Anonymous
10/02/2025 10:46
Subject: White House Asks Colleges to Sign Sweeping Agreement
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Main points:
The memo demands that schools ban the use of race or sex in hiring and admissions;
freeze tuition for five years;
cap international undergrad enrollment at 15%;
require that applicants take the SAT or a similar test;
quell grade inflation.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/trump-universities-compact-federal-funds-agreement-df158493?mod=hp_lead_pos1
Starting this year?
How are applicants preparing for this change? Taking October SAT?
Deadline to register for Oct is likely over. Junior class has time, seniors prob not unless going RD.
Anonymous
10/02/2025 10:45
Subject: White House Asks Colleges to Sign Sweeping Agreement
Anonymous wrote:
Vanderbilt University,
Dartmouth College,
the University of Pennsylvania,
the University of Southern California,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
the University of Texas at Austin,
the University of Arizona,
Brown University and
the University of Virginia[/quote]
Public in Maga (or maga-ish (VA)) states
Anonymous
10/02/2025 10:40
Subject: White House Asks Colleges to Sign Sweeping Agreement
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:"Letters on Wednesday were going out to solicit agreement and feedback from Vanderbilt University, Dartmouth College, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Southern California, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Texas at Austin, the University of Arizona, Brown University and the University of Virginia, according to an administration official."
Who's going to sign this first? My bet: Vanderbilt.
Why these specific schools?
Behind the scenes negotiations?
Anonymous
10/02/2025 10:39
Subject: White House Asks Colleges to Sign Sweeping Agreement
I’ll never take a republican seriously again. What a joke of a party! Remember when they all claimed the GOP was the party of “freedom” - what an absurd idea.
MAGA has turned the GOP (haven’t heard that term in awhile) into an authoritarian party restricting the ideas and speech of people, universities and institutions. This is the opposite of the rollicking 80s and 90s where we all experienced so much freedom and joy.
Republicans ought to move to China or Russia or the Middle East if they admire those values.
MAGA has turned the GOP (haven’t heard that term in awhile) into an authoritarian party restricting the ideas and speech of people, universities and institutions. This is the opposite of the rollicking 80s and 90s where we all experienced so much freedom and joy.
Republicans ought to move to China or Russia or the Middle East if they admire those values.
Anonymous
10/02/2025 10:35
Subject: White House Asks Colleges to Sign Sweeping Agreement
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Does the WH realize if they don’t take into account gender, these schools will be heavily female???
+1
No more DEI for boys.
They’ll find a way to screw girls
Worst pun of the year.