princeton vs. yale

midatlmom
Sat, 29 Apr 2006 07:29:08 +0000

Byerly–while you might have your doubts about the reasons for the switch to ED, Fred Hargadon, Princeton’s ex Director of Admissions (and yes, we all know about the scandal on his watch, so please don’t bother to make a snide comment about it), said that he felt that ED was better for Princeton for because since the admissions staff had to drop everything on Nov. 1 to read applications, there should be some sort of quid pro quo on the part of the students requiring them to attend the school. In addition, as PtonGrad200 stated, Hargadon felt that ED would cut down on the number of common aps and would thus be a better for the overall admissions process at selective schools.

Although I too prefer the SCEA choice and I would hope that Princeton would move to it in the near future, I have no reason to doubt Hargadon’s account. Certainly I don’t know how you can term it “total rubbish” since you were not in the room or in his mind when the decision was being made.