{"id":14450,"date":"2026-01-23T16:14:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T21:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uncommonschools.org\/?p=14450"},"modified":"2026-01-26T10:18:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T15:18:19","slug":"early-decision-admissions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uncommonschools.org\/fr\/news\/early-decision-admissions\/","title":{"rendered":"Lettre du NYT aux r\u00e9dacteurs en chef : Les admissions par d\u00e9cision anticip\u00e9e comme puissant moyen d\u2019\u00e9quit\u00e9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent\u00a0<em>New York Times <\/em>op-ed, Patrick Rametti, Senior Director of College Access and Success at Uncommon School, responded to critiques of early decision admissions, explaining <strong>why this pathway has become a powerful equalizer for students from low-income families<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/12\/10\/opinion\/college-admission-early-decision-application.html\">Daniel Currell<\/a> argues that early decision is a racket that must be shut down, but for the students from low-income families I serve, it\u2019s been the great equalizer.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Since 2010, 946 of our students have enrolled at colleges to which they applied early decision and have earned over $200 million in grants and scholarships, many without taking out loans. Many institutions that offer early decision also meet full need, making this path an effective strategy for students from low-income households. Early decision does not rob students of getting into their perfect-fit college. A good college counselor should assist students in building a well-balanced list of colleges where they can thrive. Our students \u2014 most of whom are first-generation \u2014understand that colleges have limited seats and financial aid dollars, and the early bird gets the worm. Is it a \u201ccomplex strategy matrix,\u201d as Mr. Currell puts it? Yes, but it\u2019s one we need and are willing to navigate so our students can afford to go to college and succeed.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/12\/26\/opinion\/colleges-early-decision-fairness.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Originally appeared in The New York Times&#8217; Letters to the Editor <\/a>(abonnement payant).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dans un article d\u2019opinion r\u00e9cent du New York Times, Patrick Rametti, directeur principal de l\u2019acc\u00e8s et du succ\u00e8s scolaire \u00e0 Uncommon School, a r\u00e9pondu aux critiques concernant les admissions par d\u00e9cision anticip\u00e9e, expliquant pourquoi cette proc\u00e9dure est devenue un puissant moyen d\u2019\u00e9quit\u00e9 pour les \u00e9tudiants issus de familles \u00e0 faible revenu. Daniel Currell estime que la d\u00e9cision anticip\u00e9e est une pratique qui doit \u00eatre supprim\u00e9e, mais pour\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/uncommonschools.org\/fr\/news\/early-decision-admissions\/\">Suite<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":14185,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"class_list":["post-14450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>NYT Letter to the Editor: Early Decision Admissions as a Powerful Equalizer | Uncommon Schools<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Early decision 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