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GW offers extra time for early decision

GW recently implemented a second early-decision admittance policy, which will allow more students to commit early with a later deadline. Some students decide that GW is their first choice after having visited in the fall of their senior year, said Kathryn Napper, GW’s director of Admissions.This second early decision plan allows these students to still […]

UMass to change admissions policy

GW admissions officials said they have no plans to change their admissions system in an era when other colleges, such as the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, move away from an affirmative action admission policy. With greater numbers of applications flooding admissions offices nationwide, universities have found they need to refine selectivity requirements. Administrators at […]