For the past few days, the headlines in most education news read that Harvard University has ended its early admission practice. This means that high school seniors can no longer apply to the school in October and receive a response in December rather than waiting until the spring to hear back from the college of choice. Since it has been a few years since I applied to any college, and I have a few more years until my children will be making a decision about where to attend college, I had only a passing interest in the story. My interest … Continue reading →