The Office of Admissions reported a 5.5 percent overall drop in applications from last year. Still Early Decision 1 and Questbridge Match increased by 5.0 percent, Early Decision 2 increased by 3.0 percent and regular decision applications decreased by 6.0 percent. This year’s decrease in regular decision applications comes after several years of significant increases.
On Wednesday, the Cardinal Conservatives continued the contentious discussion over affirmative action by hosting a lecture with Ward Connerly, founder and chairman of the American Civil Rights Institute.