<p>from collegeBoard
Percent applicants admitted: 61%</p>
<p>Number of early decision applications received: 170
Number admitted under early decision plan: 100 </p>
<p>Number of early action applications received: 800
Number admitted under early action plan: 450
Number enrolled under early action plan: 185 </p>
<p>so ED admitted rate:58.82%
EA admitted rate 56.25%
Regular application is 67.93%</p>
<p>wow, their rate of admissions has really dropped significantly in recent years. It used to be that they accepted 78% of those who applied. Princeton Review and others held it against the college because they accepted so many.</p>
<p>We are also starting to wonder which is best: ED, EA, RA? Do these options impact chances for scholarship money? I guess I am surprised that the ED rate is so low - are those applicants less qualified or are the later applicants more qualified but waiting on things like Nat’l Merit confirmation?</p>
<p>I am pretty sure you have to apply either ED or EA to be considered for merit scholarships. ED is basically that, you apply and hear in about 2 weeks. EA is similar, but not financially binding.</p>
<p>Yes, unless they have recently changed their policy, you must apply EA or ED to be considered for merit scholarships.</p>
<p>Thanks for the input. Another question, how important are the sleep over visits. The colleges seem to be really pushing this idea but we have three younger children at home, one with special needs - running back and forth to college so D can sleep over would be difficult. The colleges we are looking at are at least 3 hours away from home.</p>
<p>In my daughter’s case, the overnight visit clinched the deal. The academics of the college are amazing, in so many ways, but its students are more than brilliant–they are wonderful kids. An overnight visit is a great way to meet some of them.</p>
<p>That overnight visit is really great. But, it’s the classroom visit, actually sitting in on a Hillsdale class, that will nail a decision. Incomparable.</p>
<p>^We have heard that about the classromm visit and D is looking forward to doing that, did your student choose the class to sit in on or did someone at Hillsdale choose the class?</p>
<p>One more comment about overnight visits–maybe not so much the case at Hillsdale, but at both Davidson and Notre Dame, for example, my daughter found her impression of the students was very different from what she thought during the tour and classroom visit vs. the overnight stay.</p>