[ NNSquad ] Online Application Woes Make Students Anxious and Put Colleges Behind Schedule

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

Online Application Woes Make Students Anxious and Put Colleges Behind Schedule

http://j.mp/1bPUA3f  (New York Times)

    With early admission deadlines looming for hundreds of thousands of
    students, the new version of the online Common Application shared by
    more than 500 colleges and universities has been plagued by numerous
    malfunctions, alarming students and parents and putting admissions
    offices weeks behind schedule "It's been a nightmare," Jason C. Locke,
    associate vice provost for enrollment at Cornell University. "I've
    been a supporter of the Common App, but in this case, they've really
    fallen down."

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So, like, this is rocket science to do correctly at these volumes of 
transactions for relatively straightforward applications? Uh, no.

--Lauren--
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