<p>For this year's freshman class (Arador's class - Class of 09), they accepted 160 students from 321 EDI and EDII applications. The year before (Class of 2008) was 140 out of 311 apps.</p>
<p>I don't think the number of ED apps will change the odds much for you guys. If they are going to take you, they'll take you. If they aren't, they aren't. They aren't so locked into a particular number that they wouldn't go up or down a bit based on the quality of the apps.</p>
<p>You guys who have four or five people applying from your high school can see the advantage of early decision. Beat the rush.</p>
<p>I will say that, if they have 370 EDI apps, Bock must be dancing a jig and a little nervous about what's going to come on December 31. Last year's apps were up 11% and 370 ED apps would indicate a second consecutive year of double-digit increases. It makes it difficult to predict yield when demand fluctuating like that. It's a good problem to have, but challenging none-the-less.</p>
<p>We ED applicants can also look at this new information this way: if the number of applications increased so drastically this year (increasing the amount of competition we have), it may have been even harder for us if we were to apply in coming years.</p>
<p>Another possibility is that with so many more applicants, there will be an increase of (i hate to use the word, but) "boring" applications. So the admissions committee will be more excited about you in the decreased time they have to read your app.</p>
<p>Anyways, the papers are filed. There's not much we can do now except to try to relax...and wait for the FAT one.</p>
<p>I heard Carleton ED apps were way up too although I don't have the exact number. There must be a trend toward applying ED butI don't think the overall applicant pool could have increased that much from last year.</p>
<p>I just found out the other kid who applied to swat early from my school has legacy...augh. How much do they look at legacy? I know some schools (<em>cough</em>Penn<em>cough</em>) essentialy put you in a different pile if you're legacy, while others could care less.</p>
<p>That's something to be worried about for sure, but I really don't think Swat cares as much as, say, Penn. And if it helps, my friend's brother got rejected from Penn with a double legacy and SATs and GPA that were through the roof. So it's definitely not a sure bet for the legacy kid, even if it'll give him a boost.
Sorry if that was incoherent, I'm a sleep-deprived first semester senior.</p>
<p>That could work to your advantage. If you are a stronger applicant than the legacy and they accept him/her, they are kind of on the hook to take you, too! That's the sort of thing that would definitely come up around the discussion table. They don't want to hang your guidance counselor out to dry if they can help it. Not to mention that your fastball probably counts about as much as legacy status.</p>
<p>My daughter had the same situation at the school where she was a double-legacy. She was ranked #2 in her high school and the valedictorian was also applying to the same college. I think the college pretty much would have been forced to accept them both. As it turned out, my D withdrew her app after getting accepted to Swat and the valedictorian got an early write acceptance, so everyone was happy.</p>
<p>Never thought of it that way. We're roughly even, he's a better GPA, I'm a better SAT. Ah well, nothing I can do about it now. For the countdown...12 days, 21 hours, 50 minutes. Although if those Dec 14th rumors for the NY area are true, then make that 11 days.</p>
<p>NJPitcher, I'm in a similar situation. My best friend, who goes to the same school as me, also decided to apply to ED1 to Swarthmore. Originally wanting to do ED for Dartmouth, she changed her mind last minute. I wasn't exactly ecstatic when I found out.</p>
<p>Does anyone have the link for the site where you can check the status of your application? I seem to have deleted the email with the information, and I don't want to be at a loss if decisions are going to be posted on that site...</p>
<p>Decisions won't be posted there, I'm nearly certain. When I talked with Jim Bock, he mentioned <em>mailing</em> things out. They have no reason to turn to web notification, unless you live in Nepal or the like.</p>
<p>Would you consider Geneva in the same catagory? Like do you think people who don't live in the US will get theirs via mail aswell. I wouldn't ask except I go on vacation on the 17th and I won't be able to enjoy myself if I don't know.</p>