Student Sweepstakes

Princeton and Harvard are playing the same game. While officials here feted early admission acceptees to the Class of 1987 at elaborate ceremonies last week. Princeton University officials orchestrated a similar program for students they accepted early three weeks ago.

Yale also had an early action program the week before.

Princeton's early acceptances compose a select group. The 350 admits boast mean SAT verbal and math scores of 688 and 724, respectively, and include 99 valedictorians among their number.

By most accounts, the red-carpet treatment was successful. The taste of college life even resembled the description of Princeton in admissions propaganda.

This is the first year that Princeton has sponsored such an elaborate program for students accepted early. The Daily Princetonian, February 9