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The Early-Decision Racket
The Atlantic Monthly examines how the early-decision programs offered by most universities "have added an insane intensity to middle-class obsessions about college." The reporter reveals that these programs "distort the admissions process, rewarding the richest students from the most exclusive high schools and penalizing nearly everyone else." One of the findings is that "the incentives fro many colleges and students are as irresistible as they are perverse."
Tags: education; universities; students; Princeton; Harvard; MIT; Georgetown; the University of Chicago; Notre Dame; Cal Tech; University of California; Yale; University of Pennsylvania; Washington University
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Top of the World
The Daily Northwestern reports that "... Schools as diverse as Harvard University and Grinell College offer more than 100 awards to foreign undergraduate students; from California's Cal Tech to Maine's Bates College, schools are actively seeking - and helping fund - sought-after and successful international students. But among the 10 best schools in the country, as ranked by U.S. News & World Report, only two, Duke University and Northwestern, do not offer financial aid for international students."