Willis (Lee) Stetson was the Dean of Undergraduate Admissions at the University of Pennsylvania for 29 years. (wikipedia)
It's more of a nuisance at a time when we're trying to wend our way through 20,000-plus applications.
To have it come this late is really challenging. We've been through half the admitted class already, and now we have to stop everything and review those students who were affected.
It's an attempt to ... be responsive to communities that otherwise wouldn't have been able to afford us.
The frenzy this year seems to be heightened to a level that may make their decision-making more of a last-minute phenomenon.