October 11, 2002

Group Will Study Practice of Rejecting Good Applicants Who Might Not Enroll

By JEFFREY R. YOUNG

A growing number of colleges are considering how much interest an applicant shows in their institution -- such as whether the student visited the campus or their booth at a college fair -- as a factor in admissions decisions, hoping to weed out applicants who would most likely not accept admission. The trend concerns many high-school guidance counselors, who say the practice is unfair because some students cannot afford to visit a campus or do not know that making contact with the

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