Princeton Reinstates Early Admission Program

Princeton will reinstate its early admissions program, the school announced this morning.High school students next year will be able to apply "single-choice early action." The application is non-binding -- if accepted, the student has until the end of the regular admissions process to decide -- but students who apply early to Princeton cannot apply early anywhere else."In eliminating our early program four years ago, we hoped other colleges and universities would do the same and they haven't," said President Shirley Tilghman in an article posted on the Princeton homepage. "By reinstating an early program, we hope we can achieve two goals: provide opportunities for early application for students who know that Princeton is their first choice, while at the same time sustaining and even enhancing the progress we have made in recent years in diversifying our applicant pool and admitting the strongest possible class."Harvard, the other school to eliminate its early admissions program in 2006, also announced today that it would reinstate its early admission program for next year.Details to follow...