Word: nacac
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...little-noticed policy change by the National Association of College Admissions Counseling (NACAC) last fall that required early decision schools to let students file simultaneous early action applications has cracked the door for students themselves to undermine the system. If enough high school seniors attempt to break their commitments, early decision colleges would scramble to fill unexpected holes in the class off of waitlists, and early action schools could be forced to retroactively rescind the equivalent of an entire dormitory. The ensuing chaos might convince colleges that early decision is no longer a tenable system. If students knew there would...
...NACAC Attack...
...despite the widespread ambivalence toward early decision, no one responded positively when news broke this June that Harvard was strongly considering making a move that might undermine it. When NACAC voted to allow early decision candidates to file simultaneous early action applications, it sent barely a ripple through the admissions world and none whatsoever in the national media—the decisive NACAC conference took place just one week after the Sept. 11 attacks and was weakly attended. But it had dire implications for the early decision system. Theoretically, early decision schools should have nothing to lose if their candidates...
...commitments are practically impossible to enforce legally—they are an “honor-bound agreement” that “doesn’t have any legal standing,” according to Martin A. Wilder, vice president for admission, counseling and enrollment Practices at NACAC...
...student to break an Early Decision commitment to attend another institution requires a substantial lack of integrity; the Early Action institution to which the applicant would be absconding should have no qualms about rescinding the admission of students who break commitments elsewhere. Ironically, by alienating themselves from NACAC, Princeton and Brown risk jeopardizing the type of collaborative open system that would allow them to enforce early decision acceptances...