In The News: Undergraduate Admissions
This year, freshmen participating in 'Rebel Ready Week' will move into campus housing earlier than usual, getting a head start on their introduction to college life. Rebel Ready Week will take place from Monday, Aug. 21, to Friday, Aug. 25.
We know that teenagers who experience foster care face adverse experiences across multiple domains, such as housing, juvenile incarceration and in schooling. Throughout history, we can see that they are more likely to experience adverse outcomes indicative of economic hardship: adult poverty, homelessness, unemployment and underemployment, and low rates of educational attainment. To combat these outcomes, many seek higher education.
College students now have the advantage of using online classes to get closer to the educational goals, but it can be hard to know how to transfer into and out of online college in a way that is best for them. This guide details the ins and outs of online college transfer.
The Las Vegas Hawaiian Civic Club serves a community of more than 50,000 former Hawaii residents who now live in the Ninth Island. And they could soon be serving more.
Spring Valley High School senior Joseph Zabel was hoping to attend college in Reno next fall, but the COVID-19 pandemic put a damper on his plans.
Las Vegas resident Ryan Romero left Apple’s flagship store on New York’s Fifth Avenue on Friday with the first iPhone 11 of the day. The moment capped a 15-hour wait in line.
Shaelyn Eguchi-Fernandez is one of eight children in her family. The 16-year-old Las Vegas High junior plans to be the first to attend college.
Nevada residents who don't quite make the cut for the University of Nevada Las Vegas will now be encouraged to attend community college instead of receiving rejection letters.
Nevada residents who may not immediately make the cut for the University of Nevada Las Vegas will now have another option to attend the university.
The University of Nevada at Las Vegas’ executive director of undergraduate admissions, Kristine Shay, said college admissions is a particularly competitive field these days — especially at a time when the pool of potential students is shrinking.
UNLV has reached the top of U.S. News & World Report’s annual listing of the nation’s most diverse universities for undergraduates.