2008 Woodie Awards
What a great step Harvard is taking in changing its admissions policy to regular decision only. Dividing the incoming class up into two groups, one early and one regular, makes as much sense as graduating the senior class on two separate occasions when it could all be feasibily done at one time. By having only one admissions deadline, admissions officers can better compare candidates without having committed beforehand to, perhaps, less qualified others. It’s all about opportunity cost anyways and the true cost of the alternative most clearly presents itself when all the alternatives are present at hand.
One benefit the Times’ editorial did not mention is that students who still maintain Harvard as their number one school, those who would have applied early, will have more time to sharpen their applications. They would have started planning to apply to Harvard at an earlier date than others and therefore would have spent more time coming up with reasons why they fit (possibly improving their alumni interviews) and how to better tailor their essays, all things that increase the probability of being admitted. Those die-hard applicants will have an advantage if the January 1st deadline was the same for everybody.
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