Early admission results continue to roll in.  Here's a summary of what's been reported as of 5:00pm PST December 20:

Stanford announced that it accepted 743 applicants to the Class of 2019 under early action.  

The total number of early admission applicants grew to 7,297 this year, up 5% from last year's 6,948 applicants.  This resulted in an early admission rate of 10.2%, down slightly from last year's 10.8%.    

Click here for the news release.

Need-blind schools do not take financial aid into consideration when making admissions decisions.  Knowing these schools can be invaluable for making sure you or your teen's application is getting maximum consideration with regard to financial aid.

Here we've compiled a list of private schools that practice need blind admission for full-time, first year, U.S. citizens and permanent residents.  Please note that not all of these schools offer financial aid to meet 100% of demonstrated need. Note also that the list isn't exhaustive—it's meant to cover the more competitive 4 year institutions in the nation.

This list is integrated into the latest update to College Kickstart. 

Need-Blind Schools

Early admission results are now rolling in.  Here's the latest as of 5:00pm December 21:

Thought you'd find this September 2013 entry from the Harvard Crimson Admissions Blog of some use.  In it they interview seven recent applicants and their reasons for taking advantage of early action and decision programs.  Note: only one of the students speaks of Harvard and not all of them end up attending the school they applied to early.

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