Reinvention
Ivy League Schools Are About to Deliver Extra Dose of Heartache
- Applications to Harvard have surged 42% from the previous year
- Pandemic has given students more time to apply to more schools
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Many high school seniors looking to attend the most competitive U.S. colleges are about to have their hearts broken after an already difficult year.
Students on average applied to 9% more colleges as of March 1 compared with last year, according to data from the Common Application, a nonprofit that lets individuals apply to multiple schools.