The Most Confusing, Chaotic College Admissions Season in Years

Logan Zielinski, a high-school senior in Sterling Heights, Mich., spent much of the fall getting wooed by football coaches at small Midwestern colleges. Scholarships were a major part of their pitches. This week he is committing to enroll and play at one of those schools, Concordia University Ann Arbor, without having any idea how much it will cost. The federal government hasn’t yet sent colleges any information about applicants’ family finances, which the schools need to make financial-aid offers. Coaches, though, were pushing Logan to commit so they could firm up their team rosters.