2008 Woodie Awards
The earlier the better?
Cintrece Brown
Issue date: 9/28/06 Section: Features
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There has been a recent upset in the college community over one of the most controversial issues known to colleges. Harvard University has announced that they will be eliminating their Early Admissions process.
Harvard stated they are doing this in order to give all of their applicants an equal opportunity for admissions. This decision will now give a better opportunity of acceptance to minority students as well as those from lower income homes.
SHU does offer early admission opportunity to students. This is the same procedure that Harvard is now eliminating.
Some are now raising the question; should Sacred Heart follow Harvard's lead also and terminate early admissions?
If this were to take place, would it be a welcomed change for potential Sacred Heart students applying for the following semester?
On Sept. 12, the Harvard University Gazette published an article on the prestigious university riding them of the early admissions program.
The article stated that for the fall of 2007 Harvard will be having a single application deadline of Jan. 1 2008. Therefore, this will be affecting the freshman students that will be entering the university that year.
"The college admissions process has become too pressured, too complex, and too vulnerable to public cynicism," said Derek Bok, Interim President, Harvard. "We hope that doing away with early admission will improve the process and make it simpler and fairer."
"The early admission programs tend to advantage the advantaged. Students from more sophisticated backgrounds and affluent high schools often apply early to increase their chances of admission, while minority students and students from rural areas, other countries, and high schools with fewer resources miss out. Students needing financial aid are disadvantaged by binding early decision programs that prevent them from comparing aid packages. Other student's who apply early and gain admission to the college of their choice have less reason to work hard at their studies during the final year of high school," said Bok.
Harvard stated they are doing this in order to give all of their applicants an equal opportunity for admissions. This decision will now give a better opportunity of acceptance to minority students as well as those from lower income homes.
SHU does offer early admission opportunity to students. This is the same procedure that Harvard is now eliminating.
Some are now raising the question; should Sacred Heart follow Harvard's lead also and terminate early admissions?
If this were to take place, would it be a welcomed change for potential Sacred Heart students applying for the following semester?
On Sept. 12, the Harvard University Gazette published an article on the prestigious university riding them of the early admissions program.
The article stated that for the fall of 2007 Harvard will be having a single application deadline of Jan. 1 2008. Therefore, this will be affecting the freshman students that will be entering the university that year.
"The college admissions process has become too pressured, too complex, and too vulnerable to public cynicism," said Derek Bok, Interim President, Harvard. "We hope that doing away with early admission will improve the process and make it simpler and fairer."
"The early admission programs tend to advantage the advantaged. Students from more sophisticated backgrounds and affluent high schools often apply early to increase their chances of admission, while minority students and students from rural areas, other countries, and high schools with fewer resources miss out. Students needing financial aid are disadvantaged by binding early decision programs that prevent them from comparing aid packages. Other student's who apply early and gain admission to the college of their choice have less reason to work hard at their studies during the final year of high school," said Bok.
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shu lady
posted 9/28/06 @ 5:04 PM EST
Given our stated mission as a university, more minorities should definitely be represented on the SHU campus. I'm a white female soph and was surprised to read that minorities represent only 11 percent of SHU students. (Continued…)
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