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UNITED STATES - NOVEMBER 21: People ride their bicycles on the Yale University campus, November 21, 2006 in New Haven, Connecticut. The number of early action applications to Yale University dropped 13 percent this year to 3,541, perhaps because students are more doubtful of their chances of getting in, a dean said today. (Photo by George Ruhe/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

UNITED STATES - NOVEMBER 21:  People ride their bicycles on the Yale University campus, November 21, 2006 in New Haven, Connecticut. The number of early action applications to Yale University dropped 13 percent this year to 3,541, perhaps because students are more doubtful of their chances of getting in, a dean said today.  (Photo by George Ruhe/Bloomberg via Getty Images)