<p>As the parent of an accepted student, I would like to add why I believe this decrease has happened. My son’s school is now using Naviance. If you are not familiar with it, it is an online program that helps you compare and contrast schools specifically looking at the students from your high school. Couple this with the ease of the common application and many students find themselves applying to 20 schools. This is double the amount of schools my first son applied to. More applicants, leads to more rejections. Just a thought.</p>
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Actually, the email seemed to indicate that it was overall, not just EA. However, if it was EA, it might mean that there’s a lower rate overall, as the EA rate has traditionally been higher than the RD rate.</p>
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Seems logical.</p>