<p>and similar jump at Middlebury and a huge one at Wesleyan (40%):</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/21/education/21college.html[/url]”>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/21/education/21college.html</a></p>
<p>Surprising given the hard economic times.</p>
<p>oh crap</p>
<p>that probably means the overall acceptance rate is going to dip to like 15% or something
that is really daunting</p>
<p>FRIG...i'm so not in</p>
<p>damn you bringer of bad news...</p>
<p>I'd bet this 11/21 Bowdoin Orient article has more accurate info than the 11/20 NYT article: ED + 7.9%
Early</a> apps rise 7.9 percent despite struggling economy</p>
<p>many more ED & EA stats here:
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/597475-early-decision-applications-up-despite-financial-meltdown-2.html%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/597475-early-decision-applications-up-despite-financial-meltdown-2.html</a></p>
<p>Bowdoin's ED gains are only modest relative to most reported thus far, except apparent small drops in ED numbers for Williams & Brown.</p>