<p>"The debate over early admissions has reached a fever pitch in recent weeks, in light of the decision by Harvard University, Princeton University and most recently the University of Virginia to end their respective programs.</p>
<p>After (The Dartmouth) requested numerical breakdowns for differences in the early and regular decision pools last week, the Office of Admissions and Financial Aid released specific statistics to The Dartmouth on Friday.</p>
<p>These statistics for the members of Dartmouth's Class of 2010 reflect strong numerical disparities between the early and regular decision pools.</p>
<p>The most drastic difference in representation between the two pools is in minority matriculants; 19 percent of matriculants from the early decision pool are racial minorities, whereas 40 percent of those accepted in the regular pool are considered minorities.</p>
<p>Thirty-eight percent of matriculants admitted to the Class of 2010 through early decision are receiving need-based financial aid, compared to 57 percent of regular decision matriculants...."</p>
<p>Its interesting - would be so helpful to draw fully informed conclusions if the other schools in whose actions fueled the 'fever pitch debate' made their numbers equally available.</p>
<p>19 percent of MATRICULANTS from the early decision pool are racial minorities, whereas 40 percent of those ACCEPTED in the regular pool are considered minorities.</p>
<p>Slipper--Don't forget that ALL ED acceptences translate into matriulants. So you COULD say 19% of those ACCEPTED ED vs. 40% of those accepted RD. Suspect there may be confounding variables but I'm writing an essay in German and I can't do math right now :D</p>
<p>And Byerly--Byerly, Byerly, Byerly. I've been here a long time. And I've been DYING to know...Who are you? What do you do? WHere the hell do you find all those articles?</p>