The number of early applications to Yale College decreased by 5.2 percent this year, Dean of Undergraduate Admissions Jeff Brenzel said Monday.
Source: Yale Daily news
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And so they come rolling in:
This year, 5,583 students applied to Stanford University during the restrictive early action round, representing an approximate four percent increase from the previous year.
Source: Mathacle Blog: Early action apps up four percent at Stanford for the Class of 2014
Early-decision applications at Duke University skyrocketed for the class of 2014. The [...]
Deadline watch: EA/ED Deadlines Falling Before Nov. 1
Posting has been light since I was on the road last week. Got a few posting in the works. For now, just a quick not on EA/ED Deadlines Falling Before Nov. 1:
GA Tech-Oct 1
UPENN-Oct. 15, in order to secure an interview (according to one counselor, but not on the Penn website)
CofC-Oct. 15 [...]
Legendary advice
Kaplan/newsweek have released their annual addition. One article particularly worth paying attention to is advice from Smitty:
What advice do you have for an average student who wants to go away but has no idea what to study?
Don’t go to college next year. Instead, take a “gap year” to work, do community service or dabble in [...]
“The readiness is all,” Hamlet reminds himself, but are teens ready for Early Decision
or any decision for that matter? Ok, I sensationalize that new report from NACAC investigating Early decision, College Choice and Adolescent Development: Psychological and Social Implications of Early Admission,” was written for NACAC by Barbara Schneider, John A. Hannah Distinguished Professor in the College of Education at Michigan State University. This report attempts to investigate the [...]
Early numbers wrap up
ED applications:
• Wesleyan University up 40 percent.
• Pomona 20 percent.
• St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn., eliminated its popular early-action program this year, pushed back the deadline for binding early decision from Nov. 1 to Nov. 15 — and had a 50 percent increase in early-decision applicants.
• Claremont McKenna College is 28% ahead
• George Washington [...]
Early numbers continue to rise…and rise….and rise
And so the November nuttiness continues: More schools continue to report not just modest rises in early applications, but dramatic increases. Did someone say firesale? This is what it feels like. People are rushing to get their name on a college list, to lock in if they can. Greg Pyke from Wesleyan agrees with me: [...]
More early numbers
Inside higher education is reporting more early numbers that puzzle them:
Haverford’s early applications were up 13 percent.
the University of Richmond are up 14 percent.
Union College in New York is up 8 percent.
George Washington University is up 30 percent
Nebraska Wesleyan is still counting, but is up.
Roanoke College’s early decision applicants have more than doubled.
St. [...]
Restrictive early action
Restrictive early action is a non binding program but only allows students to apply to their institution.
Boston College
Stanford University
Yale University
Is it to your advantage to apply early?
Take the Ivies last year–remember both Princton and Harvard dumped their early programs last year. But the clear reality is applying early makes it appear that it is easier to get it.
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