{"id":383,"date":"2017-11-29T13:39:48","date_gmt":"2017-11-29T13:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/uncategorized\/saying-goodbye-to-early-decision\/"},"modified":"2018-06-26T11:42:00","modified_gmt":"2018-06-26T17:42:00","slug":"saying-goodbye-to-early-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/saying-goodbye-to-early-decision\/","title":{"rendered":"Saying Goodbye to Early Application"},"content":{"rendered":"

For years, Ivy League schools have beckoned to thousands of students as the creme de la creme of the college world, inspiring them to achieve astronomical GPAs, pursue AP curricula, and dream of once-in-a-lifetime educations. With only a relatively few spots available to high-achieving students, competition for enrollment in Ivy League and other selective schools has stiffened every year. This has led many students to apply early under an Early Application or Early Decision option in an attempt to secure their spots in some of the world’s most prestigious universities. As the competition for these early admission spots has gone up, so has the percentage of students applying early.<\/p>\n

But something has happened along the way. It seems not everyone has heard of being able to apply early, particularly those students coming from areas where “getting into college” isn’t the daily mantra and college consultants aren’t knocking on their doors. Many hard-working students simply toss their hat into the ring along with everyone else during application crunch time, often without a clue that 25 to 50 percent of the available freshman slots have already been handed out.<\/p>\n