I could not help but comment on Thursday’s Washington Post Editorial, “College Fairness.”  The editorial applauds three colleges, the University of Virginia, Harvard University and Princeton University for officially ending their early application process all in order to help poor or minority students have a fair chance of getting into  schools. The reasoning is because these schools found that the beneficiaries of early admissions were actually the students who needed the least help getting into school.  Studies report that it is the high to middle income, mostly white students who take part in the early application process, while low income or minority students do not.  By eliminating early admissions, these schools hope to increase college fairness because everyone will be applying at the same time. While the editorial lauds these efforts, I only question them.  Will eliminating early admissions really increase the percentage of minorities and lower income students in colleges across the country?   Since all students will now be applying at the same time, it's possible that this will actually decrease the chances for the same people they are trying to help. I predict that this quick solution will have little impact. We need to get to the heart of the problem, which is why low income and minority students have such a limited chance of getting into college.  We need to make elementary and secondary public schools better so these students have just as much of a chance as other students no matter when they apply.