Transfer Students See Low Acceptance Rates At America’s Top Colleges

In a year marked by policy changes, legal challenges and botched logistics, this college admissions cycle is being watched particularly closely. Can the recent small rebound in enrollment be maintained? Will universities be able to overcome the bungled rollout of the Department of Education’s revised Free Application for Federal Student Aid that’s caused widespread havoc with financial aid offers? What will be the near-term impact of the Supreme Court’s prohibition of race-conscious admission policies?