They will base their decisions on all the information available to them and will tell applicants about any decisions as soon as possible.

The University of Pennsylvania is another institution that is telling more early applicants sooner that they will not get in.

The kiosks administered by Decision Point do not tell applicants that the information will not be used for data mining or other purposes.

The store does not tell applicants that the information winds up in a database, where it could find a wider audience.

Princeton University, for instance, is telling applicants for early-decision admission that they will not be penalized for delays.

"My 78-year-old mother will be in the kitchen cooking meatballs," he earnestly told applicants who had made it past several screeners on the street, including a psychologist.

He said the tapes show that club managers told white applicants that membership would be "no problem" and that they simply had to write a check.

The American Embassy tells applicants that their visas could arrive any day and that most checks last six weeks.

For many years, insurance agencies consulted MIB without telling applicants about the files.

Employers are required under the 1971 Fair Credit Reporting Act to tell rejected applicants if they were turned down based on credit information.