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Stanford Early Decision ’13: Most Competitive Pool Ever
The Stanford admissions office announced in its recent letter to counselors that it received a record 6,948 early decision applications, an increase of 13% over last year. 748 of the applicants were admitted, and 593 were deferred, and the admission … Continue reading
College Admissions: Deferred. What does that mean? What should I do?
A deferral indicates that the admissions committee either needed more information about you to make a concrete decision or wanted to consider you with the general pool of applicants as a regular admissions candidate. In other words, it’s not a … Continue reading
More On NACAC Study on Factors in College Admission
After the top three factors in college admission (#1 Grades in college prep course, #2 Strength of curriculum, and #3 SAT/ACT scores) what are the next most important factors? According to the recent NACAC study, the next most significant factors, … Continue reading
Early Decision Trends Change
NACAC’s 2004-2011 study of trends in Early Decision show some interesting changes. Traditional thinking was that applying ED was a significant advantage for a student who had identified a specific college as a first choice. And it was, but that … Continue reading