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Education
Indian student deported after confessing on Reddit to faking dad’s death for scholarship
A 19-year-old Indian student, Aryan Anand, was deported from the U.S. after he confessed on Reddit to a fraudulent scheme to secure a full s...
Ryan General
Asian American students less likely to attend Ivy League schools than white peers: study
A study shows that Asian American students — especially South Asian applicants — are less likely to attend Ivy League and other prestigious ...
Michelle De Pacina
Princeton renames iconic campus archway after WWII-era Japanese student
“With this naming, we honor Kentaro’s experience at Princeton during the war and his inspiring persistence in the face of adversity...
Business
Most Fortune 500 CEOs did not attend Ivy League schools, data shows
A researcher who looked into the educational backgrounds of Fortune 500 chief executives has found that most of these industry leaders did n...
More Philadelphia universities voice support for affirmative action
A growing number of Pennsylvania-based institutions are voicing their support for affirmative action in colleges and universities. Muhlenbe...
‘Seafood bar for dinner’: Harvard student has TikTok users salivating over school’s dining hall food
A TikTok user has recently gone viral for documenting her meals at Harvard University, from brunch, lunch and dinner to late-night snacks. E...
Bryan Ke
Harvard admits record number of Asian American applicants amid SCOTUS affirmative action fight
Amid allegations of bias against Asian students in its admissions process, Harvard University welcomed its largest proportion of Asian Ameri...
Carl Samson
Brown University becomes first Ivy League to impose campus-wide ban on caste discrimination
Brown University became the first Ivy League school to explicitly ban caste discrimination throughout campus following a vote from its gove...
News
Vietnamese language courses offered at Ivy Leagues Brown and Princeton for the first time ever
Two Ivy League universities are offering beginning and intermediate Vietnamese courses for the first time in their history. About the course...
Jiselle Lee
Champion Filipina Fencer Completes 9 Ivy League Online Courses During Quarantine
Maxine Esteban, a 2019 Southeast Asian Games bronze medalist fencer, made jaws drop after she finished nine Ivy League online courses during...
Filipino American Student Gets Into ALL 8 Ivy League Schools
Filipino American student Craig McFarland got to pick out of every college he applied for when he was accepted into 17 colleges and universi...
Maina Chen
Malaysian-American Woman Who Got Accepted to All Ivy Leagues Picks Her School
Cassandra Hsiao, the Malaysian-born student who made headlines after being accepted in all eight Ivy League universities, has finally decide...
King Malleta
Asia
First Generation Immigrant From Malaysia Gets Accepted to All Eight Ivy League Schools
A Malaysian immigrant in Orange County, California has made an incredibly rare achievement of getting acceptance letters from all eight Ivy ...
How Ivy League Students Haggle with Their Schools For More Financial Aid Money
Although many college and post-college students don’t know it, they may be able to negotiate their financial aid. According to CNN Mon...
Laura Dang
Student Who Got Accepted In All 8 Ivy Leagues Reveals the One Quality That Made Her Successful
Augusta Uwamanzu-Nna has accomplished something very few people can claim to have done. The 17-year-old high school senior recently received...
Editorial Staff
How One Girl’s Trip to Costco Got Her Into All 5 Ivy League Schools and Stanford
High-school senior Brittany Stinson shared a personal statement that subsequently got her admitted into five Ivy League schools and Stanford...
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