Newly admitted 5C students look toward their addition to the Claremont community.
Tag: Admissions
5Cs reckon with the end of affirmative action
The Supreme Court’s June 29 ruling to restrict affirmative action has surfaced questions among 5C students, faculty and administrators about equity in higher education.
CMC mistakenly offers admitted students $40,000 scholarship awards
When 306 of this year’s first-year applicants to Claremont McKenna College opened their admissions letters on March 24, they got the good news they were hoping for — and even more. But the joy from a $10,000 annual scholarship wouldn’t last long.
Data visualization: Pomona, Harvey Mudd admit 2026 classes with record diversity
Both Pomona College and Harvey Mudd College broke diversity records as they offered admission to students in the class of 2026 earlier this month.
Test-optional policies are sticking around for 5C admissions
Although originally just a COVID-19-era necessity, test-optional admissions policies at the 5Cs may be sticking around. During the 2021-2022 admissions cycle, each of the 5Cs were test-optional, a pattern they shared with two- thirds of colleges and universities across the country. But even as classes resume in person, the 5Cs are taking a second look at their traditional testing requirements.
Pomona’s class of 2025, visualized
While the class of 2025 is Pomona College’s largest class to date, by the numbers, it also represents one of the less diverse class profiles in several years.
CMC reports legacy and donor preferential treatment in class of 2024 admissions
Seven percent of the students in Claremont McKenna College’s class of 2024 are related to alumni or donors, according to a report from the Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities. And in a shift from the 2018-19 admissions cycle, Pitzer College says it did not provide any manner of preferential treatment to legacy or donor-related students for those entering the class of 2024.
Pitzer to pilot a test-blind admissions policy
After becoming one of the first schools to make standardized test scores optional, Pitzer will try ignoring them altogether beginning fall 2022.
Pomona extends test-optional policy to fall 2024 admission cycle
Pomona College extended its test-optional policy through the fall 2024 admissions cycle, a three-year addition to its initial policy rollout.
Who’s running school social media accounts?
TSL slides into the DMs of 5C admissions accounts to find out who exactly is behind the memes, gifs and Cecil content.