June 21, 2002

Admissions of Uncertainty

By ERIC HOOVER

Harvard considers a policy change that could throw a monkey wrench into many colleges' early-decision programs

Rain drenched Harvard University's commencement this month, but it didn't douse a burning question: Was the nation's oldest university declaring war on early decision, or merely tweaking its admissions policy to conform to new national guidelines?

Admissions officials at elite colleges have been awaiting an answer since Harvard's graduation day, when the student

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