Early Admission to college boosts admission chances

 

BUT.....a Washington Post column says that results in unfair admission statistics... 

"In other words, early-decision admissions primarily benefit the wealthy and are like handing out trophies for showing up early to a race.

This advantage is an open secret. Savvy high-schoolers know that the binding commitment they make dramatically boosts their chance of admission. In fact, applying early decision has been found to be the equivalent of scoring an extra 100 points on the SAT, with acceptance rates that can be more than double those during regular decision. The edge is strongest at top universities: In recent years, schools such as the University of Pennsylvania and Dartmouth have admitted roughly half of their students through early decision. At Tulane and Bates College, about two-thirds of some classes have been filled that way."

FULL story is HERE.