<p>I think those numbers are telling and bogus at the same time.
- It’s interesting to see how ED schools like COlumbia and Penn take 40% of their class early.<br>
- Acceptance rates are bull because you don’t know the quality of the applicant pool (especially the difference between ED, EA and RD applicants. Harvard has such a low admit rate because its Harvard (aka. almost every smart Asian applies just to see if he/she can get in, inflating the applicant pool with students who don’t really want to attend.)</p>