More Colleges Offering Admission to Students Who Never Applied
Direct admissions allow colleges to send offers to students based just on GPAs or a few other criteria. “The aim with direct admissions, participants say, is to make the process less cumbersome, show low-income and first-generation students that college is within reach, and funnel more prospects toward institutions desperate to meet enrollment goals…”
“The colleges participating in direct-admission pilots so far include big and small institutions, public and private. Some more selective schools say they have begun discussions about signing up, at least for students interested in particular academic disciplines or for international students.”