statistical improvement in admissions

Applying to College
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<p>Not sure if this was posted today, but this article from today's NYTimes is about a study showing your odds of admissions are significantly better if you apply early decision.

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<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/21/education/21admissions.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=early%20action%20could%20aid%20in%20admission&st=cse%5B/url%5D%5B/quote%5D"&gt;http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/21/education/21admissions.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=early%20action%20could%20aid%20in%20admission&st=cse

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</a> So get going!</p>

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<p>That depends on the school tho! Stanford REA doesn’t help at all.</p>

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<p>Well Early Decision is different from Early Action… and yep, I’ve heard ED helps before too!</p>

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<p>Author Steinberg may be cringing at the headline writer’s changing Decision to Action. ;)</p>

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<p>^ My thoughts exactly. The headline should be Early Decision Helps Improve Your Chances, not “Early Action…”. But obviously whoever changed the headline was not a parent or student who’s applying to colleges. What a bad substitution, when there’s such a big difference between ED and EA!</p>