September 29, 2008
Admissions Group Moves to Stop 'Deadline Creep'
Seattle
The National Association for College Admission Counseling has a message for member institutions: Do not rush applicants into accepting offers.
On Saturday, during its annual meeting here, the association revised its professional guidelines to clarify that colleges may not solicit commitments from first-year applicants before May 1—the long-recognized notification deadline. In approving the new language, the association also affirmed that admissions offers must clearly state
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