Our Dean of Admissions was published in the Washington Post!

You heard that right!  Dean Terry Cowdrey was recently published in the Washington Post talking about our new Continual Early Decision policy which I mentioned a few weeks back here.  The first few paragraphs of the article can be found below however the rest can be found at the Washington Post.
-Tim

As someone who has always believed that carrying an umbrella will prevent rain, I am concerned about the number of high school seniors who apply “early decision” to their first choice college and don’t formulate a Plan B.

Perhaps they worry that having a contingency plan will somehow jinx their admission to the school of their dreams and that college admissions karma will question their real commitment, or that the early decision school should be their only choice.

The reality is that early decision good news or bad news will come, regardless of whether the student has a Plan B. But the bad news is a lot more difficult to deal with when there is no alternate plan.

And there’s even good news about the bad news. I often find that some of the happiest, most successful college students are those who were not admitted to their early decision colleges and were forced to look more deeply at other schools, ultimately finding places that were better matched to their interests and talents.

Many students who hope for the “big envelope” in December are sorely disappointed. Lots of them get letters that tell them that the college is not yet able to make a decision on their application, but that they will be considered with the rest of the applicant pool in the spring. The letter encourages students to send updated academic information and assures them that their application will receive full consideration later in the year.

To read the rest of this article please visit the Washington Post online by clicking here.