NY Times: At Many Colleges, Early Applications Rise...

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<p><a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/17/education/17decision.html[/url]”>http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/17/education/17decision.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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…For the colleges themselves, which sent notifications to early-admission applicants this week, the calculus appears to have been more complicated. While early decision candidates are some of the savviest, most talented — and, yes, financially flush students — the increase in early decision applications did not necessarily translate into a surge of offers of admission.</p>

<p>Cornell, for example, received an additional 136 applications for its binding early decision program this fall, when compared to last, but accepted 103 fewer students than last year.</p>

<p>While nearly 40 percent of the seats in next year’s freshman class at Cornell are now reserved, the university has still allowed itself much flexibility for the main round of admission, when most students will apply. Moreover, colleges like Cornell are committed to assembling the most diverse classes possible — including racially and socio-economically diverse classes — and many of those who apply early tend to be white and of some means…

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<p>Oops… just saw that there is another thread on this exact article… :P</p>