I recently sat down with a family trying to decide whether to apply “early decision” to a super-selective school their son was unlikely to get into or instead to use the option at a less selective school they feared would be a waste because, What if he could get in there during the regular decision […]

James Murphy
James S. Murphy is a higher ed consultant who writes about college access and admissions. He serves, under contract, as an adviser to the College Board. The opinions here are his own.