Students who promise to enroll if admitted can apply in the fall and have an answer by mid-December.
Vertex said it hoped to apply in the second half of the year for approval of VX-770 in the United States and Europe.
The change could apply in the fiscal year that begins on April 1, 2004, if the Legislature approves it, the spokeswoman, Lisa Stoll, said.
Mrs. Ambrosino, a teacher from Reston, Va., said the recent dust-up would not affect the decision of her daughter, Christine, whether to apply in the fall.
Dr. Schiff said he and collaborators planned to apply in the next year to begin the first phase of clinical trials to test for safety.
These conversations will provide you important information that you can apply in the next two steps.
Most people apply in the summer and fall, interview in the winter, and make a final decision in the spring when they see what offers they have received.
"We know that some students are in a hurry to apply in the fall and feel a lot of pressure," Chopka says.
The reason the agency is considering making Plan B over the counter is that its manufacturer, the Women's Capital Corporation of Washington, applied in the spring for the change.
Treatments were applied in the spring and summer of 1995.
