Amid upheaval at other top-ranked schools, Yale yield holds steady
It's time for Yale to do the right thing and follow Harvard and Princeton's into doing away with all early admission programs. Let high school kids have a chance, not only to compare scholarship opportunities but also to have a meaningful senior year.
I thank Yale for keeping their Early Action program. Personally, this program simplified my life enormously. Rather than applying to 12 colleges that I didn't really know anything about, I was able to just apply to three. Not only did this help me, it also prevented me from being admitted to more than three schools, thus helping other applicants have a chance at a school that they might really want to go to.
I wish I had applied early somewhere. My friends who got into their colleges early had more meaningful senior years, I think, than I did. Because they got in early, they were able to focus on school, extracurriculars, and making the last few months with their friends count, instead of worrying constantly about college.
It will definitely be interesting to see if Harvard and Princeton's lack of an early application option really does help draw more low-income applicants. I've never been particularly convinced of the logic, myself.
How many of the applications received were withdrawn or incomplete, and not acted upon?