<p>Ok, basically I visited all of these schools, and I would be unbelievably satisfied with going to any one of them, which is why I am asking this question. Which of these do you feel provides the best chance of acceptance through Early Decision. I first chose Cornell because I knew it was significantly easier than RD, and their website even says ED applicants have a better chance. However, I have recently been completely stressed out because I noticed that JHU and Tufts have significantly lower accepted GPAs and SATs for my school with regards to early decision. So, does anyone have any input as to which would be my best bet for early decision? Thanks a lot.</p>
<p>In terms of pure acceptance rates, I think JHU has (or at least had) one of the highest... I think it's like ~45% or so. I could be wrong though.</p>
<p>You should look at which school offers the most in what you want to pursue and then apply ED there. obviously JHU would be great for medicine, cornell would be great in other categories and the same goes for tufts.</p>
<p>No one can offer reasonable advice without seeing your stats.</p>
<p>Ok, I'll just copy and paste another post so you guys can help me out more:</p>
<p>Ethnicity: Mexican/White
High School: 98th in United States (about 10% of us get into Ivy Leagues/equivalent or better)
Major: Psychology, 99% sure.
GPA (young ones, do not slack, you can do much better): 3.45 UW, 4.00 W, slight downward trend, but leap in Senior year, close to top 10% rank, if not in it.
SATs: 2030 (680 CR, 680 M, 670 W) (Will take it one more time, there still is room to improve, hoping for at least 2100, also taking act)
SAT 2: Biology: 720, Math I: 760, Lit: 620 (***! im retaking that again)
AP: Psychology: 5, European History: 4, Macroeconomics: 4, Government: 4, Physics: 3, Calculus: 3, Language: 5</p>
<p>Courses (One of the heaviest loads available):
Freshman year: H English, H World History, H Algebra 2, H Bio, Latin 2, Intro to law, Comp Graphics
Sophomore: H English, H Am History, H Latin 3, H Analysis, H Chem, AP Psych
Junior: AP Language, AP Economics/Government, AP Physics, AP European History, AP Calculus, Latin 4
Senior: AP Literature, AP Latin (Literature), AP Environmental Science, AP Statistics, AP American History, Law Seminar, Ceramics (required art course)</p>
<p>EC:
-Key Club (Officer - in charge of website creation/management and organizing events)
-Latin Club (Officer - help with all Latin club projects)
-Tennis Team (Captain - Senior Year, our team is #2 in state)
-Table Tennis Club (Founder/President)
-Latin Honors Society (tutoring)
-National Latin Exam Gold Medalist for 5 straight years (got a free dictionary as a reward, awesome!)
-REPP (Ridge Encouragement for Political Participation)
-National Honors Society (nominated, chose not to join due to corruption reasons)
-Participated in national math contests
-Science club all four years (biology, chem, physics state competitions - no real significant awards)
-Economics Club
-Served dinner at a retirement home (100 hours)
-Volunteered at the VA Hospital (120 hours+)
-Worked at the town pool (75 hours)
-Various volunteer activities from Key Club outside of school, including Homeless Shelters, creating a prom dance for senior citizens, setting up various fundraisers (estimating about 100 hours)
-National AP Scholar</p>
<p>Thanks for any further help!</p>
<p>Your GPA makes me think that your chances aren't great for Cornell ED. Assuming financial aid isn't a big issue (if it is don't do ED), I'd pick between Tufts and JHU if you are determined to go the ED route.</p>