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by Viviana Thumm

For years, college admissions were treated as a personal challenge: study hard, join clubs, take difficult classes, and pray your application stands out. Today, admissions decisions are becoming part of a much larger national debate about fairness, privilege, and equal opportunity. What used to be viewed as an individual process is increasingly becoming a civic issue. The modern admissions system reflects larger problems in American society. Wealthier students often have acce

Most students don't understand their rights in school and that gap is molding how they engage with democracy long before they can even vote. Every election cycle, students hear the same message: you are the future of democracy. The problem no one talks about though, is that most students don't understand their own rights. Ask around. Can students explain what free speech actually means during school? Do they know when a school can go through their personal items? Do they know