<p>How do rolling admissions affect the number of applicants that are actually accepted? The colleges I'm applying to have deadlines on Feb. 1, and they do rolling admissions. I haven't applied yet so is this going to affect my chances of getting in? Do some colleges 'fill up' and then stop admitting people before the deadlines?</p>
<p>i guess it is possible but rolling admissions colleges are generally not competitive so if you have good enough stats I'm sure they would make room for you.</p>
<p>Schools have different ways of "filling up"</p>
<p>If a school is need aware or need sensitive, they accept students until they run out of grant/scholarship aid then they look at a student's ability to pay (someone who can pay full freight will be admitted before someone who needs a lot of money).</p>
<p>In when applying to a rolling admission school the approach is usually the earlier the better, because smaller departments/programs will take students until they fill up. Some rolling admit schools are more popular than others and will fill up with the strongest applicants from the pool.</p>
<p>I know this can in theory happen. When my dad applied to the University of Cincinaatti in the late 70s to study architecture they had already filled all the spots in their class, for that program. They sent him back his check even though he applied before the deadline.</p>
<p>i think the worst that happens is that they stop accepting ppl that are borderline. if they spot an amazing applicant, or just a very good one, they'll most likely accept him/her. after all, they can afford to go over a couple hundred students.. what's that to a state school with like 30000 ppl (im assuming those are the kinds of school ur applying to)</p>
<p>In my experience, a school with good enrollment management will try to plan its admits so that even at the end, there is room for the top applicant who may have applied later in the process.</p>
<p>Of course, if yield ends up being stronger than they planned on, and a lot of admits send in their deposits (and do so early) the institution may find it's "full" or close and have to put the brakes on early. </p>
<p>As others have noted, a middle-of-the road or marginal candidate for a particular school is wise to apply early, because if the school can only take a portion of students like you, they'll probably take them earlier in the process. Get that app in!</p>