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   <title>Colleges Juice Application Numbers by Letting Students Write Fewer Essays</title>
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   <description>“You still see a narrowing to the mean,” said __Heath Einstein__, vice provost of enrollment management. “Students are still going to respond in ways that they think we want to hear.” Einstein said the school’s aim in expanding application numbers is simply to increase enrollment, not lower its admit rate</description>
   <pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 09:57:22 -0800</pubDate>
   <date>July 15, 2026</date>
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