起因：大学的传统招生做法遭到强烈批评！
司法部之前对全美大学招生咨询协会提出了反垄断指控：
司法部主要对其中三个条款提出抗议：
• 学校不应借着提供高档宿舍之类的优厚条件鼓励学生申请提早录取；
• 学校不应向已向别的学校注册、登记或提出入学保证的学生挖角；
• 学校不应主动与学生接触引诱他们转学。
我们都知道，ED（Early Decision）被录取后是不能再申请其他院校的！而事实上，这是和院校的协议，没有法律约束力，但得到了广泛遵守！
司法部宣称这些条款违反垄断法，因为这样大肆降低学校之间争夺学生的竞争，也剥夺了消费者权益。
为避免耗费财力与司法部打官司，本月全美大学招生咨询协会宣布拟定了以下协议，以彻底解决这个问题。

结果：早申请可以同时申请多所大学？
《纽约时报》文中指出：全美大学招生咨询协会将允许其成员学院和大学，在学生承诺进入另一所学校后仍可招收他们，并允许成员在学生已经入学后鼓励他们转学。
支持学校提供特别奖学金或优先选课等各种优厚条件，来争取那些申请早录取的学生。这样一来，许多顶尖精英大学，将会有超过一半的新生通过提前录取被录取。
虽然目前发布的公告还没有落实到具体措施，但可能彻底改变早申请的录取规则，让我们拭目以待！

另外：5月1日后可继续招生！
文中还指出：做出改变以后，大学也能够在5月1日之后继续招生！而5.1本来是广泛采用的针对申请学生做选校决定的截止期限。
如果该协议落实的话，对学生的好处是：
1.早申请可能同时申请多所梦校。
2.早申被录取的同学们有机会和学校讨价还价，根据不同学校提供的奖学金情况选择入学。

原文如下：
WASHINGTON — The financial aid stranglehold on students who commit to colleges may be broken.
In a proposed agreement announced this month to answer Justice Department antitrust accusations, the National Association for College Admission Counseling said it would allow its member college and university counselors to recruit students even after they have committed to another school and would permit members to encourage students to transfer after they have already enrolled.
Colleges and universities have been heavily criticized for encouraging potential students to enter into agreements, particularly for early admissions, with the understanding that an accepted applicant could not then turn to another school. That understanding, which was not legally binding but was widely followed, prevented universities from competing for applicants by offering more enticing financial aid packages.
Now, colleges will be free to offer perks, like special scholarships or priority in course selection, to early-decision applicants, students who are less likely to need tuition assistance and use the process to secure a spot at their first-choice schools. For many selective colleges, more than half of an incoming freshman class will have been accepted through early admission.
Institutions will also be able to continue recruiting students beyond a widely applied May 1 deadline that is typically imposed for students who have applied through a regular decision process and are considering offers based, at least in part, on financial aid packages.
我们继续等待确切的通知！