<p>"Harvard's announcement that the university is ending its early admissions program is being heralded as the first step in restoring sanity to the college admissions process... </p>
<p>Early admissions programs ... benefit colleges because they increase a school's yield, the number of accepted students who attend the college. Admissions deans pay close attention to this number, because a high yield makes a school look hot and a low yield looks like the school has cooties...."</p>