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Lawyers of accused terrorist Wadih el-Hage are using the report to claim that el-Hage's prolonged pre-trial solitary confinement is unconstitutional. Attorneys have filed a motion to establish bail or alter prison conditions.
They are only a slightly smaller group than last year's 1,185 early admits, but they are a much smaller fraction of the early applicant pool--only 18.9 percent--compared to last year's 25.9 percent. The total number of early applicants jumped 31.8 percent this year.
Harvard's early action program, now almost a quarter-century old, has become the choice of an increasingly large number of college applicants, particularly over the past decade. The program's growth accelerated even further in 1995-96, when several other top schools moved to binding early decision programs, which...
"It certainly wouldn't hurt if this year's numbers encourage students--and their parents and counselors--to think twice about applying early," he said. "There are many students who would be much better served by applying regular action."
"People have honored us by applying and if they have any chance of getting in later, we give them the chance to do so [by rolling them into the regular applicant pool]," Fitzsimmons said. "I know there are people who think we should reject more, but we try to be...