The Urban Legend

Follow-up on Goucher’s video applications: high acceptance rates for diverse group of creative students

Olivia Mitchel, Staff Writer • June 4, 2015

After the test run of Goucher’s video application, the results are in. The video application was introduced to applicants last fall as an optional alternative to more conventional application processes...

Student brains are more than a science experiment and a standard scale

Marie Bergsund, Staff Writer • February 9, 2015

If you’ve ever taken a science class, you know that an experiment requires a dependent variable, an independent variable, and a control. The most important component is the control. If you’re testing...

Goucher College introduces alternative video applications

Olivia Mitchel, Staff Writer • November 15, 2014

What would you say if you had two minutes to determine your college acceptance? Goucher College, a private liberal arts school in Baltimore, MD, has recently released a new video application as an alternative...

GALLERY: Urban School seniors share regrets about their high school experiences

Ariane Goldsmith, Staff Writer • June 5, 2014

It is the end of the school year and Urban's senior class of 2014 is nearing the end of their Senior Spring. Graduation is quickly approaching and many seniors are reminiscing about their past four years...

College counselors are center stage as college admissions decisions approach

Ella McLeod, Editor-in-chief: News • March 3, 2014

In one month most Urban seniors will receive their college admissions letters. Where they get in depends on their grades, test scores, extracurriculars, family legacy, and who was helping them — specifically,...

More students at The Urban School begin early SAT and ACT prep, but how early is too early?

Olive Lopez, Staff Writer • November 14, 2013

A couple of weeks ago, my parents arrived home from a junior parent college meeting bearing a thick folder stuffed with information about the ACT and SAT. A few days ago, I placed an order for three...