Why Colleges Offer Early Admission

Have you guys ever wondered why colleges offer early admission? If you have are you guys going to do it? Most of us high school students focus on the advantages that early applications offer them. Here are some of the reasons colleges like Early Decision (ED) that explain something about why they offer it and also whether or not you should apply early.

1. By admitting a solid number of freshmen under an Early Decision (ED) plan, a college can improve its admit rate, since early decision acceptance is binding.

2. ED programs help colleges better determine the composition of their freshman class by early on choosing a number of people from the mix the colleges look for: great test takers, high GPA students, different geographic areas, a variety of academic, extracurricular and sports interests, a balance of genders, you name it.

3. Early Decision allows colleges to lock in special, top applicants and thus preventing competitor schools from having them.

4. ED applicants tend to be very excited about the schools they apply to, so accepting a large number of applicants who apply to their top choice means a college pretty much guarantees itself of a bunch of happy, motivated entering freshman. This is great for campus morale.

When you apply on ED, ED is a binding program that demands that if accepted to a college, you are obligated to attend. Given that reasoning it really pressures you to be very sure that an ED college to which you apply is a hard and fast first choice. Once accepted, there is no turning back.

If you apply ED, you need to have all of your application materials gathered by the end of October and have determined through researching colleges where you want to go. When students and parents think of early applications having a significantly higher acceptance rate, they are correct if the college offers an Early Decision program. Believe it or not ED applicants often increase their chances for admittance by 20-75 percent.

Applying ED is a non-binding application program in which you can apply to as many ED schools as you want. Applying ED is a program for students who have all of their application materials together by the end of October and have schools in mind for college already. If your one of those people why not do early admission as it could benefit you greatly to wherever you decide to apply.