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I totally get it, but the internet hasn't been around that long. How did we handle this 30 years ago? I imagine students applied via snail mail, and then someo

I totally get it, but the internet hasn't been around that long. How did we handle this 30 years ago? I imagine students applied via snail mail, and then someone manually entered the information into a database. There's no reason to go back to paper applications, and that database should absolutely be digital—but I think we could do a lot more manual entry.

MandieD 5y ago
25 years ago: carefully hand-write half-page essays on pre-printed application forms, attach $50 checks for application fees, beg your mother to drive your procrastinating self to the downtown post office by 5pm on December 31. Start receiving long-awaited envelopes around Spring Break, and speculate on whether said envelopes were thin because they contained simple rejection letters, or because the desired financial aid details would follow the next week.