Naval Academy, other colleges at odds on when an application counts

Colleges in the Washington region routinely count applications that are incomplete, a lapse that typically means the application will be rejected or quietly “withdrawn” by the institution. It’s part of an admission process that has mushroomed into an intense — some would say overblown — marketing effort for many schools. Selectivity is currency in higher education. Colleges have every incentive to raise their application totals, even if it means counting applicants who have no desire

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