U. of Virginia Announces Plans to End Early-Decision Admissions

The University of Virginia has become the third elite college in a month to announce that it plans to eliminate its early-admissions program.

The policy change, announced last week, will go into effect in the next admissions cycle, beginning with students who apply to enroll in the fall of 2008.

Virginia's early-decision policy now gives students the option of receiving an admissions decision by early December if they file an application by November 1. Under the new policy,

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