<p>i did some calculations with a few minor assumptions and it does seem that getting into cornell ED for an unhooked applicant is substantially more difficult than for an unhooked rd applicant. my only question is can’t what you just said be applied to all ED schools? so really, they are all distorted. </p>
<p>and i think i agree with the statement by antiflamer that less qualified applicants apply ED, so the acceptance rate after factoring in hooked applicants is still distorted by a substantially different level applicant pool.</p>
<p>but i also agree that applying ED cannot possibly hurt you. that is silly to me. i don’t think i would’ve applied ED if i knew i was going to be penalized for it lol.</p>
<p>also, i remember seeing in this thread that georgetown’s ED acceptance rate is lower than it’s RD acceptance rate, which is kind of mind boggling. and doesn’t georgetown care a lot about sports and thus has a lot of recruited athletes (at least for basketball)? weird</p>