<p>So, I'm having trouble picking out a school (if any) that I want to apply to early decision, but I think I've narrowed it down to Cornell, Northwestern, or Tufts. I'm planning to major in either biology and psychology and will possibly be premed. If money wasn't an issue, which place should I go to and what aspects of that school will make it the better choice out of the three? Thanks :D</p>
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Then don’t apply ED.</p>
<p>Really, what is it with this board and its obsession with early admissions?</p>
<p>“Really, what is it with this board and its obsession with early admissions?”</p>
<p>It’s not just this board. At my son’s public high school, nearly half the class applies ED these days.</p>
<p>I think “what is it” is that people see that at some schools 36% of ED applicants are admitted while the RD acceptance rate is in the low teens. And these people want to actually be admitted. Therefore they feel incentivized to identify their #1 school early enough to apply ED, to take advantage of the perceived admissions odds bump. As well as get the whole process over with.</p>
<p>But the key in being able to do this, is to do all your homework sufficiently in advance. Only then can you be as confident of your ED choice as you would have been if you’d applied and been admitted in RD, months later.</p>
<p>If it were me, I would not apply ED someplace without visiting it first. In OPs case I would visit all three.</p>
<p>I have to say this really often on CC, but if you are asking strangers on a forum where to do ED, you probably shouldn’t be doing ED at all.</p>
<p>ED notwithstanding, nobody can tell you now which school, if any, is “better” for you, because for one thing nobody here knows you. Each school has its own character and attributes which are not necessarily “better” or “worse” to all, but rather may be valued differently by different people.</p>
<p>The match between each school and the particular candidate’s preferences should be determnined by the candidate.</p>
<p>The obvious features of each school can be readily discerned by reading several of the college Guides, eg Fiske, Insider’s, etc.</p>
<p>After that, less obvious questions not directly answered by these sources might be productively raised here. CC can be a useful resource, but it is not a substitute for you doing your own research and thinking.</p>