“There is no legal obligation to require and/or read essays for undergraduate application review,” Media Relations Manager Beth Lutz wrote in a statement to The DTH.
Documents released in an antitrust lawsuit show how some elite colleges gave well-connected applicants a leg up in admissions. Are these practices ongoing? Late Friday, Johns Hopkins University and the California Institute of Technology settled in a federal antitrust lawsuit accusing 17 highly selective universities of illegally colluding to fix financial aid formulas and overcharge students.