As courting students gets tougher, colleges vie to make the admissions process friendlier
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — “Overwhelming.” That’s how 17-year-old high school senior Alex Zaret described the college admissions process during a tour this fall of Skidmore College — the fourth campus Zaret had visited, with another half a dozen to go. “It is kind of a full-time job,” Zaret’s father,
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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — “Overwhelming.” That’s how 17-year-old high school senior Alex Zaret described the college admissions process during a tour this fall of Skidmore College — the fourth campus Zaret had visited, with another half a dozen to go. “It is kind of a full-time job,” Zaret’s father,</p>