Early Admissions

This week, many seniors hear back from a variety of colleges that they applied early for. A New York Times Blog called "The Choice" posted an interesting article about the increase of early application acceptants. I thought it was interesting to read that many schools increased their acceptance numbers early, meaning many more incoming students will be willing to pay tuition early. What happened to the bad economy? I also wondered what the pro's and con's are for early admission since all of us will be going through it next year. My sister applied early decision two years ago and got in. The rest of her senior year she was able to relax and have fun, but still maintain her grades. I really can't think of any con's besides the fact that some early decision schools make an acceptance that is binding. I know that it's kinda early to think about, but it is good to start looking at options! What do you think you will do next year? Do you think applying early is a good idea?