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WhenPrinceton,theUniversityofVirginia,andHarvardannouncedlastfallthattheywoulddroptheirearlyadmissionsoptionsbecausetheygaveanunfairadvantagetoaffluentstudents,manycollegecounselorsheldtheirbreath.Wouldearlydecisiongothewayofkegsindormitories?

Notfornow,atleast.Earlyadmissionisstillgoingstrongatmanycollegesanduniversities,includingmanytop-tierschools.

Earlydecisioninparticular--inwhichastudentcommitstoafirst-choiceinstitution--isoftentoutedasaplusforbothschoolsandstudents.CollegescanlockuphalfoftheirclassbeforeJanuary,andacceptanceratesaretypicallyhigherthanunderregularadmission.Themajordrawbackofearlydecisionisthatitleavesstudentswhoareinthemarketforthebestfinancialaidpackageoutinthecold.Byapplyingearly,youmustenrollifaccepted,socomparingawardswiththoseofotherschoolsisoutofthequestion.Schoolslikethat,ofcourse,becauseithelpstheirbottomline.Butthereisapossibleendrun:

Askifaschoolwillreleaseyoufromyourobligationshoulditsaidpackagefallshort.Insomecases,aschoolwillrollyouintotheregularadmissionpool,allowingforcomparisonshoppingcomespringtime.

Whilesomeschoolsadmitalmostthesamepercentageofapplicantsduringearlyandregularadmission,manyfavortheearlypool.JohnsHopkinsUniversitytook44percentfromitsearlyroundand24percentfromtheregularpool.EarlybirdsatHopkinsmakeupathirdofthisfall'

sfreshmanclass.Nonetheless,collegecounselorshaveseenborderlinestudentsgetaboostbyapplyingearlydecision."

Iftheyaren'

tlegacies,athletes,oranunderrepresentedminority,earlydecisionmaybetheonlyhookthatsomestudentshave,"

saysJimConroy,chairofpost-high-schoolcounselingatNewTrierTownshipHighSchoolinWinnetka,Ill.Butyouneedtoberealistic."

Ifaschoolisoutofyourreach,it'

soutofreachwhetheryouapplyearlydecision,earlyaction,orregularadmission,"

saysSarahWilburn,acollegecounseloratCampusBoundinQuincy,Mass."

Moveonandsetsomenewgoals."

Advantageornot,applyingearlydecisionmakessenseonlyifyou'

reconvincedthataschoolisagoodfitforyou.ErinMurraydecidedtoapplytoDartmouthearlydespitetheadviceofhercollegecounselorandothers.TheywantedhertobeefuphertranscriptaftershehadspentasemesterofhighschoolinItaly.ButtheteenagerfromCheyenne,Wyo.,wiselyplayedupherexperienceabroad（her4.0GPAandtop-notchboardscoresdidn'

thurt,either）andwasaccepted."

Iprobablywouldhavefitwellatanumberofschools,"

sheadmits,"

butDartmouthwastheonlyplaceIcouldseemyselfwalkingacrossthegreens.Itwasagutreaction."

IfyoulackthesamecertaintybutclinchingaslotbeforeNewYear'

sisappealing,considerotherearlyadmissionsplans.EarlyactionisanonbindingalternativethatallowsyoutoapplybyNovember1andhearbackbeforetheregularapplicationdeadline.Somehighlyselectiveschoolsrequirethatyousubmitonlyoneearlyactionapplication--calledsingle-choiceearlyaction--meaningyoucan'

tapplyearlyelsewhere.Anotheroptionistoapplyearlytorollingadmissions,whereanapplicationthatarrivesinthefallmaystandoutmorethanonethatarriveswithmostoftheothersinJanuary.

1.WhichoneofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrueofearlydecision?

[A]Earlydecisionisacommonstrategyadoptedbyuniversitiestosecurehighrateofstudentenrollment.

[B]EarlydecisionbeginstobeabandonedbytopAmericanuniversities.

[C]Earlydecisionisaspecialtreatmentforrichstudents,athletesandminorities.

[D]Earlydecisionwillstillbeinpracticeforafairlylongtime.

2.Themajordisadvantageofearlydecisionisthat_____

[A]studentscanenjoyalessattractivethefinancialaidpackageifhechoosesearlydecision.

[B]itexcludesstudentswhoarefromlowersocialclassorpoorfamilybackground.

[C]itdoesnotallowstudentstochoosetheotherbetterschools.

[D]itexcludesstudentswhowanttohavecomparisonshopping.

3.WhatSarahWilburnwantstosuggeststudentsisthat_____

[A]earlydecisionisnotsoadvantageousaspeoplethink.

[B]studentsshouldnotregardearlydecisionasthesolewaytocollege.

[C]studentsshouldevaluatethemselvesobjectivelybeforemakingearlydecision.

[D]studentsshouldnotlimitthemselvesinearlydecision.

4.WyoappliedtoDartmouthbecause_____

[A]shewasquiteconfidentduetoherrichexperienceofstudyingabroad.

[B]theuniversity’sbeautifullawnarousedheraffection.

[C]shefoundDartmouththeonlyonethatfitherafterresearchingabunchofuniversities.

[D]her4.0GPAandtop-notchboardscoreswerenotsoideal.

5.Thefollowingoptionscanbeadoptedbystudentslackingcertaintyofw