Sentence examples for early action program from inspiring English sources
Princeton has a single-choice early action program, which is a nonbinding program.
And although the early action program under which he was admitted is nonbinding, he has indicated that he plans to attend Chicago in the fall.
In 2010, Mr. Roberts announced that the university would revert to a nonbinding early action program, the same week in which Harvard University announced a similar decision.
Yale received 5,556 applications this year, 14percentt more than last year, for its nonbinding single-choice early action program, said Jeffrey Brenzel, the dean of admissions, who added that regular applications were running higher, too.
(Although Harvard does not participate in early decision, it does allow students to apply under a so-called single-choice early action program, in which students agree not to apply early elsewhere, unless they are applying early to a public institution).
While it is too soon to know what impact the return of Harvard and Princeton to the early fray has had on other schools' applications — both institutions bar its early applicants from applying early to any other private college — a Princeton spokesman told The Choice Tuesday night that 3,547 students had applied by last week's deadline through its "single-choice early action" program.
For the four campuses with early action programs, the early pools were somewhat stronger than the later applicants.
Early action programs, when first conceived, were a win-win policy for the student and the college.
Officials advise students who want a fallback lined up before January to apply to colleges with nonbinding early action programs.
Virginia has experience with early action programs, whose decisions are typically not binding, and early decision programs, in which students must agree in advance to enroll if accepted.
Early Action programs allow students to submit applications before the regular deadline with the promise of a quick decision — accept, reject, or defer.
