3609 prospective students applied to Cornell University this year hoping to study far above Cayuga’s waters under the Early Decision plan. Statistically Cornell filled only about 35% of its Class of 2016 through its ED round. This provides good news for prospective students who have applied under Regular Decision, as more students will be accepted...
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Early Admissions 2016 – Comparing the Ivies
The folks in the admissions offices at Harvard and Princeton thought they were trend setters. In 2007, these Ivy League competitors abandoned their early admissions applications, on accusations that the process catered only to those students from privileged backgrounds, while ignoring equally qualified students from more humble upbringings. They made their announcements within an hour...
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Education=Debt
Going off of the recent news about acceptance rates, part of the increase in applications to top schools may have to do with many realizing that the debt required for an undergraduate degree is not worth the value of the education unless it is from an elite institution. More on the fleecing of the middle...