<p>Stanford</a> admits 689 early applicants</p>
<p>689/5363 accepted on SCEA round for 12.8% rate.</p>
<p>No word on how many deferred or how many denied.</p>
<p>Here is last year's actual info:</p>
<p>Early</a> apps suffer slight decline - The Stanford Daily Online</p>
<p>...This year’s early acceptance rate was 16.2 percent — a near replica of last year’s mark...</p>
<p>Their yield last year was higher than usual so they are understandably being somewhat cautious.</p>
<p>I think MIT acceptance rate was the worst with respect to early action. Check this out
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This year, we received about 5,000 applications for early action admission, a record number for us and a 27% increase over last year. We admitted 540 students for an admit rate of 11%, or fewer than one of every nine applicants. </p>
<p>MIT</a> Admissions | Blog Entry: "MIT Early Action Admissions Decisions Available Online"</p>
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