There is a good article today over at Inside Higher Ed discussing a variety of colleges that have seen an increase in early decision applications this year. Many people had anticipated that early decision applications would go down this year in large part because of the economic turmoil effecting our country. Because early decision is binding, accepted students will not have the opportunity to compare financial aid awards.
How the increase will effect regular decision applications remains to be seen although it is generally expected that this year will be one of the largest application years in history because the number of high school students is expected to peak this year or next.
Early decision increases were noted at the following colleges:
Bowdoin College Up 8%
Claremont McKenna Up 28%
Colby College Up13%
Dartmouth College Up 10%
Duke University Up 25%
George Washington University Up 30%
Georgetown University Up 2%
Hamilton College Up 8%
Haverford College Up 13%
Middlebury Up 12%
New York University Up 1%
Northwestern University Up 15%
Pomona College Up 20%
St. Olaf College Up 50%
Union College Up 8%
University of Richmond Up 14%
Warren Wilson College Up 30%
Wesleyan University Up 40%
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