<p>Is Stanford the only school that has a regular decision deadline of December 15? Do you feel it's wrong for Stanford to have the deadline on the 15th when thats the earliest date people get their admission decisions from their early decision/early action school? From a business standpoint, it is perfect. It is a date that they can maximize their profit from application payments from students. But is it unethicial and a little bit shady? I don't know. I was thinking about it and wanted to know what other people thought about it.</p>
<p>I agree...it's extremely sneaky and a bit unethical. I haven't heard of any others have a 12/15 deadline, but Middlebury's Pre-App, <em>including app fee,</em> is due the 15th, so it's basically the same profit-maximizing thing. It really bothers me, I'm sorry.</p>
<p>Hm I never thought about it in terms of Stanford's profit.</p>
<p>I did think it was because Stanford's application was so long (several essays)...I figured admissions people there needed more time to evaluate.</p>
<p>I think it is a combination of the extra time needed, and also a sort of interest meter. If you only apply to Stanford because you got deferred from Harvard or Yale, then Stanford probably doesn't want you. So, if you want to apply to Stanford, then you need to have your app done before you find out from ED/EA schools. I think it is more of an issue of committment to Stanford than anything. Maybe I'm overanalyzing it; after all, it is kind of counterintuitive: you would think they would be looking for as many applications as possible to lower their admission rate. Any thoughts?</p>
<p>argghh why does stanford have to be such a b*tch.</p>
<p>i guess ill have to suck it up and apply, just in case :-x</p>
<p>Not to mention Stanford's application fee is 75 dollars. I think it might have something to do with the # of applications and the admit rate but that might be a secondary reason. I just find it wrong and shouldn't be done.</p>
<p>Whatever we're all applying anyway haha</p>
<p>doesn't USC has that deadline 2 for merit scholarship considerer?</p>
<p>Well merit scholarships have pretty early deadlines, but that's understandable. Those applications generally have a lot of essays (meaning they take more time to review) and they need to be reviewed pretty early, since they need to call back some students for interviews. And usually those don't have application fees...so yeah, scholarships don't count.</p>