<p>Cangel, I am quickly finding out that every IHE is different - ideally rolling admission should be, as you said, the ultimate in flexibility. With this system it is a given that the applications are read and reviewed as they come in and that a decision will be made on a case-by-case basis - first come, first serve, if you will. Some colleges, however, opt to notify applicants within a month or two of applying and still others that accept applications under a rolling-admission policy send out decisions all at once. If this institution is using the dorm housing card to exert pressure (gentle or not) on prospies to make a firm commitment to attend - this might be a strategy to undermine and defeat students' intent to use it (and rolling admissions) as a safety. In the case of rolling admissions, the early bird obviously does have an advantage - more spaces still available waiting to be filled - but, I can't help asking: how early is earlier?</p>