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  2. Early decision is an option that allows students to single out their top-choice school and apply to it months before regular applications are due. The choice is binding, but the student is ...

  3. Why students should consider early decision applications ...

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    High school students with their hearts set on a particular college would do well to employ a time-honored strategy: apply early decision.

  4. College admissions in the United States - Wikipedia

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    For students entering college directly after high school, the process typically begins in eleventh grade, with most applications submitted during twelfth grade. [2] Deadlines vary, with Early Decision or Early Action applications often due in October or November, and regular decision applications in December or January.

  5. Early decision - Wikipedia

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    Early decision (ED) or early acceptance is a type of early admission used in college admissions in the United States for admitting freshmen to undergraduate programs.It is used to indicate to the university or college that the candidate considers that institution to be their top choice through a binding commitment to enroll; in other words, if offered admission under an ED program, and the ...

  6. Legacy preferences - Wikipedia

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    Currently, the Ivy League institutions are estimated to admit 10% to 15% of each entering class using legacy admissions. [21] For example, in the 2008 entering undergraduate class, the University of Pennsylvania admitted 41.7% of legacies who applied during the early decision admissions round and 33.9% of legacies who applied during the regular admissions cycle, versus 29.3% of all students ...

  7. Decision time nears for college-bound students though many ...

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    It's crunch time for local college-bound students and their families, as they have just a couple of weeks to choose their college for the 2024-25 school year.

  8. Escalation of commitment - Wikipedia

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    Self-justification thought process is a part of commitment decisions of leaders and managers of a group and can therefore cause a rise in commitment levels. [citation needed] This attitude provides "one explanation for why people escalate commitment to their past investments." [7] Managers make decisions that reflect previous behavior. Managers ...

  9. College decision day passes many students by as financial aid ...

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    The Education Department has nearly finished working through its backlog, and “students who complete a FAFSA today can expect their records to be sent to colleges within one to three days ...