Recently the College Board made news headlines in the USA with their announcement of the "Adversity Index" that they will be testing with 50 colleges this fall for making college admissions decisions. This means that admissions officers will be taking into consideration additional factors when deciding to admit a student or not. These factors relate to a student's challenges and life situation (rather than grades, extracurricular activities, etc.). It's become a controversial topic that we wanted to discuss to help you learn more about how it might affect your student.