August 2, 2002

Harvard Will Honor Other Colleges' Binding Early-Decision Programs

By ERIC HOOVER

Early decision won't meet its Waterloo in Cambridge, Mass., after all. Officials at Harvard University said this month that the institution will honor the early-decision commitments of other colleges, ending weeks of speculation that Harvard might attempt to enroll students who were admitted both to Harvard and under another college's "binding" program this fall. Admissions officials at many elite colleges had worried that the early-decision system would unravel if Harvard stopped recognizing

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