I don’t get it.
You choose to apply for early admission.
The school agrees to offer early admission to you.
You are not forced to attend. You can choose to be a hobo instead, or You can choose to accept the school’s offer.
After you accept the offer from the school, you sue the school because you’ve been treated unfairly? Is that how it works?
Life is unfair. Live with it and get gov’t OUT of our lives!!!!
These college kids are learning some life lessons. Among those, are that there are trade offs and compromises in life actions.
Early decision has its benefits. If you are rejected by your favored college, you still have time to apply elsewhere. With these financial aid impacts to the early decision process, it would make sense for these applicants to know there can be a downside to early admission.
It sounds like some major life lessons are to be learned. You dont always get everything you want, when you want it.
So don’t take early admission.
If it is truly your “dream school” then you do what you can do to attend it.
No one ever said this stuff was “fair.”
unless the early admission process has been corrupted by the terrible racism/anti-Christian/anti-Jewish/anti-Caucasian/anti-Asian discrimination at the colleges,
I can’t see the logic to this litigation.
(I can’t see anything wrong with “early admission” itself)
Free markets are FREE markets, however collusion between competitors to stifle free competitive markets stands in moral and ethical opposition to free markets.
Not all antitrust actions are worthy, but some are.
However, collusion that works by a mere wink and a nod and no agreement of any kind to collude, presents a moral and ethical issue but likely not legal one.
I think what the suit could achieve is a “settlement” decision (1) admitting no wrong doing, (2) an agreement to change practices, but (3) no financial penalties or compensation to any students.
The suit by publicly highlighting the schools anti-competitive practices over early admissions, could win a public victory by getting the practices changed, without a legal victory of any kind.
Well, yeah. That’s how it’s supposed to work. An “early decision” commitment to a school means that you’re only applying to one school. If you want to shop around for a better deal, then you don’t pursue this course of action.
For what it’s worth, the NCAA has done away with National Letters of Intent (somewhat similar to Early Admission).
So maybe the colleges should offer a financial aid package, then students can ask for more or they’ll go elsewhere.
If the schools are coordinating their admission selections, then these guys have a case and I wish them the best.