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[ivyfic]

Princeton's ending early admissions!

When I got in (early), I think over half the class was accepted that way. They're doing it to increase the fairness of the admissions, which makes a whole lot of sense. With the whole early game, if you had any desire to go to a school like Princeton you were advised to apply early because that increased your chances, even if you weren't sure and that admission would be binding. It sort of puts applicants in the position of choosing one school they'd like to artificially boost their chances of getting accepted to, which was not the purpose of the program at all.

Tilghman has made herself very pro-diversity at Princeton, which I think the school needs, though she doesn't always go about it the best way. I'm not surprised that's the spin she puts on the decision, though I'm unsure how ending early admissions helps increase diversity specifically.

Still, though. It made my senior year of highschool a whole lot nicer. And saved me from having to fill out ten other applications.

Comments

[katertoticus.livejournal.com]

They may be doing it for fairness of admissions, but they're also doing it because Harvard did it first.

http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2006/09.14/99-admissions.html

[katertoticus.livejournal.com]

To clarify, this is not a "woot! Harvard is awesome!" because I'm not nearly there in my thinking...just a comment about how the Ivy schools shape each other's policies. Though there is probably a whole lot more going on behind the scenes than any of us know.

[ivy03.livejournal.com]

I saw that too. Although none of the other Ivy's have started the student grant thing, have they? I was actually surprised to the see the student grant has a cap of 30K, which isn't even one year's tuition, making me wonder if it's as useful as they say it is.

I agree, early admissions doesn't do what it's intended to and should be ended. I'm just surprised they went ahead and made that decision.