BREAKING NEWS: Kids Can Pick Which SAT Scores a College Sees

This is a major change that will make the SAT more student-friendly, while also benefitting those students willing to take a tests multiple times to reach an acceptable scores. Unfortunately for the Class or 2009, this change only begins in March 2009, well after the date when most rising seniors will have already applied to college!

More: By Lucia Graves, US News & World Report

A Bullish Year for College Admissions

The stock market, housing prices, and the dollar all may be in decline, but 2008 was another "bullish" year in the world of college admission.

By Tim Johnson, Burlington Free Press

Princeton University Faces Expanded U.S. Bias Probe

"Princeton University is facing an expanded investigation by the U.S. Education Department into whether the school's admission criteria discriminated against Asian students."

By Brian K. Sullivan, Bloomberg News

UC System Braces for Most Freshmen Ever

By Tanya Schevitz, San Francisco Chronicle

Yale to Expand Undergraduate Enrollment by 15 Percent

From 5,200 undergrads to roughly 6,000 undergrads will unfortunately not bump up the acceptance rate by anywhere close to 15%.

More: By Tamar Lewin, The New York Times

Oxford's $2.5 Billion Fundraising Drive to Rival Ivy League

The famous British university ups the ante in an effort to compete with the big boys.

By Polly Curtis, The Guardian (UK)