Early Decision Results Are in For College Applicants—Was It a Bloodbath Again?

On Friday, December 15th, the first milestone of this year’s college admissions season arrived in the form of early decision and early action notices from universities around the country. For applicants, it was a day of experiencing a combination of reactions ranging from jubilation to despair to nervous optimism (for those who were deferred to the regular admission pool). For colleges it was a time to tout more record-lows in the ever competitive college admissions derby: Duke announced it had admitted its lowest ever number of early applicants: 16.5 percent. Yale, too, made history by admitting just 10 percent of… Read Full Article