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Economy Doesn’t Slow Demand for Early Entry to College (The New York Times)

18 December 2009 7 views No Comment

“James S. Miller, the dean of admissions at Brown University, figured this could be the year that the frantic demand for admission under binding early-decision programs might begin to subside. After all, under such programs, admitted students cannot seek competing financial aid offers,” The New York Times reports. “And yet, the Brown admissions office received nearly 500 more early applications this fall than it did last year, when the economic downturn was just beginning, an increase of 20 percent. … Other institutions have experienced similar increases this fall.”

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