Chapter 3Early Decision and the Dating Game
When it comes to love, you want to find the one person you care for so dearly, and connect with so completely, that you're ready to commit your entire life to that person. You want to be honorable, faithful, and sincere. With colleges, you need to be that kind of lover—just a lot more fickle.
US universities have invented a fairly complicated system of early admissions in order to try and unpack whether or not you actually like them. One of Crimson's partners is US News & World Report,1 the leading global ranking organization for US universities. An important criteria to the all-important rankings for US universities is the “yield rate,” which is the percentage of students who accept an offer from ...
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