<p>ok, even though the statistics of early admission of top national universities shows that it is easier(having a bigger chance) to be accepted through the early admissions. But in fact there are a lot of legacies, athletes etc. in the pool which pulled up the acceptance rate.</p>
<p>So if you do not have any special background and cannot slam dunk, will it be harder for you to be accepted through the early pool of ivies and Stan&MIT etc.??</p>
<p>It does help slightly, but if your grades suck then it won't matter.</p>
<p>I have a terrible gpa (3.7-8 uw), (4.0+w) which is mostly attributed to taking 18 challenging community college courses throughout the school year. But I am very exceedingly angular towards psychology (took many courses, volunteering, personal motivation, extracurriculars, teacher recs, essays etc). My SAT is 2200 (sat i), 800, 770, 780 (sat iis).
Which ivies would I have a shot at in early admissions? (early deciscion)
My first choice school is definitely princeton, and if I stand a chance then I'll give it my best shot on my application and apply early ed.
Or am I out by a long shot?</p>
<p>It can't hurt to apply. If Princeton is your first choice, you shouldn't apply ED elswhere. Just be sure to have good matches and safeties, because Princeton is a reach for anyone.</p>
<p>Remember that colleges want well-rounded student bodies, not well-rounded students.</p>
<p>"Remember that colleges want well-rounded student bodies, not well-rounded students", first time to hear that</p>
<p>thanks, i'll keep that in mind as i apply ed</p>
<p>Don't forget to think about financial aid concerns if you apply ED....</p>
<p>That's definitely true. Merit scholarships aren't likely to go to ED'ers (why should they recruit you?), and you lack the ability to compare offers. The good thing about Princeton, though, is that they bend over backwards to give you financial aid, and they don't usually give loans (the only school to have this policy).</p>
<p>I honestly believe ED/EA at top schools only benefits legacies, athletes, URMs and other categories of special interest to the schools. Harvard just cut out EA siting that it only helped those who already had advantages.</p>
<p>warblersrule86 - if OP is applying to ivies then merit aid isn't even an issue, ED or RD.</p>
<p>ok. lets say no financing issues here, what will be the case? will it be like what suze just said(#9)</p>