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...When Harvard dropped its early action program, it was a bit of a roadblock,” Balasubramanian said. “It made me consider a lot of other schools more seriously...
...Harvard, Princeton, and Virginia were not the only schools to report a jump in total applications. Yale, which kept its single-choice early action program, saw a 16.6 percent increase in the number of total applicants, from...
...Fitzsimmons said that in eliminating the early action program the College also considered the distortion of the secondary school experience that accompanies the presence of early admissions...
...think many people have talked about how colleges and universities seem more concerned with their own competitive advantage and college ratings than the well-being of their students, as well as fairness and equity,” Fitzsimmons said. “I think eliminating early action can act as a symbolic signal that higher education is trying to serve its constituents in a more humane...
...people would often say that. You know I was drawn to people like Doug Lasdon who has changed tens of thousands of people’s lives through the strategic use of legal action, and that really inspired me. And I have to say, I had problems with politics and suspicions about politics in general. If you help someone across the road when you’re a do-good lawyer you’re a good guy. If you help someone across the road when you’re in politics often the cynicism of our age makes people...