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Miami begins counting early decision students
Jenna Kruse
Issue date: 11/6/09 Section: Campus
Nov. 1 marked the deadline for early decision applicants and the numbers for Miami University are slowly trickling in.
With an unusually low number of students for the class of 2013, the university is bracing itself for the class of 2014.
Ann Larson, senior associate director in the Office of Admission, said the final numbers will not be in for a couple of weeks.
"We get buckets of mail everyday so there are no final numbers yet," Larson said. "Today, Nov. 4, we're up by 50 with early decision applications. Yesterday we were down five."
Larson said the numbers could even be different from last year because of the different number of applications the processors were able to get through.
Larson said early decision students are critical on any campus that offers the early decision option because it demonstrates a commitment to Miami in favor of other colleges and universities.
"That positive energy is great fuel for the university," Larson said. "Once they get their admission decisions, they're great ambassadors for the school because in a sense they're already students but, ultimately, they are the smallest applicant pool."
Larson said the pool of early decision applicants compared to the early action and regular decision applicants is usually small and without a typical number from year-to-year.
"The majority of (graduating high school senior) applicants aren't in the database yet," Larson said. "90 percent of the students that will apply to Miami haven't yet. The reference point to compare early decision applicants against is who we admitted in 2009."
Mark Davis, a college counselor at Upper Arlington High School, said he typically doesn't encourage students to apply early decision because it's such a binding commitment.
"I'm not a big proponent unless a student can say this is my dream school," Davis said. "I don't have much trepidation for Miami because it's a state school and is often a number one choice for the students who really want to make it work."
With an unusually low number of students for the class of 2013, the university is bracing itself for the class of 2014.
Ann Larson, senior associate director in the Office of Admission, said the final numbers will not be in for a couple of weeks.
"We get buckets of mail everyday so there are no final numbers yet," Larson said. "Today, Nov. 4, we're up by 50 with early decision applications. Yesterday we were down five."
Larson said the numbers could even be different from last year because of the different number of applications the processors were able to get through.
Larson said early decision students are critical on any campus that offers the early decision option because it demonstrates a commitment to Miami in favor of other colleges and universities.
"That positive energy is great fuel for the university," Larson said. "Once they get their admission decisions, they're great ambassadors for the school because in a sense they're already students but, ultimately, they are the smallest applicant pool."
Larson said the pool of early decision applicants compared to the early action and regular decision applicants is usually small and without a typical number from year-to-year.
"The majority of (graduating high school senior) applicants aren't in the database yet," Larson said. "90 percent of the students that will apply to Miami haven't yet. The reference point to compare early decision applicants against is who we admitted in 2009."
Mark Davis, a college counselor at Upper Arlington High School, said he typically doesn't encourage students to apply early decision because it's such a binding commitment.
"I'm not a big proponent unless a student can say this is my dream school," Davis said. "I don't have much trepidation for Miami because it's a state school and is often a number one choice for the students who really want to make it work."
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