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<p>Wow, what a GREAT year to be applying to college!
This makes me all the more thankful for getting in EA.</p>
<p>Thank goodness for EA! :)</p>
<p>Wow what a great article. Thank you for the post.</p>
<p>“Our admission rate for early applicants is higher because it is a higher ability [group] that has applied,” he said.</p>
<p>so… </p>
<p>EA at 34% admit rate but tougher pool…</p>
<p>OR</p>
<p>RD at 25% admit rate but weaker pool?</p>
<p>Oh, actually the 25% is the overal admit percentage… so RD admit rate is going to be even lower. </p>
<p>So i guess … EVERYONE NEXT YEAR APPLY FOR EA !!</p>
<p>What isn’t reported is how many EA applicants were deferred and how many rejected. The way I figure it, if ALL applicants who weren’t accepted were rejected the acceptance rate for RD would be just under 20%, whereas if ALL were put into the RD pool the rate would be 15%. Obviously the percentage would have to be somewhere in between if the overall rate is indeed 25%.</p>