…applicants up a little over 1%, applications down not quite 2%. Reasonably, applicants are feeling a bit more confident, so submitting fewer applications. Given the trend towards more applications later in the cycle, I think we can say with confidence that we won't see fewer applicants this year, and may still see a very small increase (I'll be surprised if it's more than 5% in the end).



Andrei Rodin is circulating a letter demanding the liberation of Svetlana Mesyats: https://philomatica.org/2026/05/open-letter-in-support-of-svetlana-messiats/. The prosecution has demanded a sentence of…