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Presidents of both Yale and Stanford emphasized student flexibility as a motivating factor behind their institutions?? policy changes. Their decisions demonstrate a thoughtful commitment to applicants, especially considering that the new policy may, in the short-term, hurt Yale and Stanford by causing them to lose students whom they accepted early, either to Harvard or other colleges which offer better financial aid packages. As an indirect result, ending Early Decision could lower both colleges’ rankings in comparisons that use yield—the percentage of accepted students who actually matriculate—as a criterion...
Israel remains the lone democracy in the Middle East, with all institutions??a free press, a multitude of parties and an independent judiciary—that are at the heart of true liberal democracies. The region and the world have tens of states that do not come close to lining up to Israel’s standards, which in Israel’s case are particularly worthy of esteem because they are maintained despite the fact that the country has been under siege for large parts of its history...
...entire argument would be moot if Early Decision were dropped in favor of Early Action, which serves students rather than colleges. Early Action usually gives students a response before the regular admissions cycle starts, affording students additional information about their chances of acceptance to other institutions??not to mention in many cases the security of being already accepted to one school. But until then, Princeton and Brown are making a difficult process even more painful for high school students...
...admitted someone and then found out they murdered someone, we probably would rethink that case as well,” she said. “It is not proper for us to be enforcing or policing other institutions?? rules, but we are very concerned about the ethical behavior of students who might be Harvard students...
...relatively new Stanford, with its sunny weather and laid-back atmosphere, ranks among the top three institutions??alongside Yale and Princeton—that draws accepted students away from Harvard, according to Director of the Office of Admissions Marlyn McGrath Lewis...