Stakeholders are worried about the Early Decision (ED) system – where students apply early to their first-choice institution and, if admitted, are required to commit to attending. Although admission is not guaranteed, the common practice is that students must ‘lock in’ once accepted and withdraw all other applications, even in different countries.
International Students
But with rising visa denials in Donald Trump’s United States, fears are rising that international students could be at an unfair disadvantage.
Education consultant Elisabeth Marksteiner, pointed out that even if a student applies for a visa as soon as they have been accepted by an institution, they could be denied in late August, with the semester due to start in early September
ED
“Suddenly the student has no live applications anywhere in the entire world. There is no plan B – the whole point about ED is it takes out all insurance, effectively,” she told The PIE News.
Visa
“There are some countries where we know it can be 11 months to get a visa appointment… there is no way that you are going to make it.”
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