November 22, 2002

Yale and Stanford End Early-Decision Options and Defy National Group

By JEFFREY R. YOUNG

Yale and Stanford Universities will drop their early-decision programs next year, with applications for the 2004-5 academic year, campus officials said this month.

Although the officials said they had reached their decisions independently, the two universities have chosen essentially the same path. Both plan to replace their early-decision options, which require those who apply early to promise to attend if accepted, with nonbinding early-action programs. The two colleges will forbid

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