<p>and similar jump at Middlebury and a huge one at Wesleyan (40%):</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/21/education/21college.html[/url]”>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/21/education/21college.html</a></p>
<p>Surprising given the hard economic times.</p>
<p>oh crap</p>
<p>that probably means the overall acceptance rate is going to dip to like 15% or something
that is really daunting</p>
<p>FRIG…i’m so not in</p>
<p>damn you bringer of bad news…</p>
<p>I’d bet this 11/21 Bowdoin Orient article has more accurate info than the 11/20 NYT article: ED + 7.9%
[Early</a> apps rise 7.9 percent despite struggling economy](<a href=“http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=2008-11-21§ion=1&id=2]Early”>http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=2008-11-21§ion=1&id=2)</p>
<p>many more ED & EA stats here:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/597475-early-decision-applications-up-despite-financial-meltdown-2.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/597475-early-decision-applications-up-despite-financial-meltdown-2.html</a></p>
<p>Bowdoin’s ED gains are only modest relative to most reported thus far, except apparent small drops in ED numbers for Williams & Brown.</p>