<p>I'm going to an information session and it is said that there would be a long Q&A session.
I thought it would be cool to collect ideas and share information on the forum if I get them answered.</p>
<p>I read somewhere that Early Action is not that advantageous, like only athletes and amazing students get in, while most others just get deffered. I dunno if this applied to ivies or if its even true, but it may be worth asking.</p>
<p>Also, this a pretty cool idea.</p>
<p>^ I think all AOs would answer, our EA pool draws students that display considerable interest in our school, resulting in the higher admit rate.</p>
<p>@Eiswin: are you referring to a specific region? Because EA has slightly lower acceptance rates than RD, and I know that Georgetown does not consider interest in its admissions, according to its stats profile.</p>
<p>Georgetown Class Profile:
[Georgetown</a> University- Office of Undergraduate Admissions](<a href=“http://uadmissions.georgetown.edu/applying_firstyear_sdprofile.cfm]Georgetown”>http://uadmissions.georgetown.edu/applying_firstyear_sdprofile.cfm)</p>
<p>Georgetown Stats Profile (on College Board):
[College</a> Search - Georgetown University - Admission](<a href=“College Search - BigFuture | College Board”>College Search - BigFuture | College Board)</p>
<p>Georgetown has stated that they accept students in EA who they know would definitely be accepted in the RD selection because they don’t want to accept an EA student and then run out of space for an RD candidate who might actually be more impressive. EA, or Early Action, is not binding so it doesn’t show as much interest as ED would. Please try not to make assumptions about admissions just because most AOs would answer that way, especially since you seem to be so concerned about sharing this knowledge with others.</p>
<p>^ wow, thanks for the information! I never knew that, guess Georgetown’s quite different? or are there many schools that have lower EA admit rate?</p>
<p>I’m sure there are other schools like Georgetown that have lower EA admit rates, but many schools do have a higher admit rate for EA (e.g. University of Chicago, Boston College, Yale).</p>
<p>I think applying to Yale early action is beneficial, as shown in a 2009 US news report. This is probably because it is SCEA though.</p>
<p>Regardless, I would be interested in hearing what a AO would have to say when posed that question, especially if you quote some of what flight mentioned.</p>
<p>Edit: I read your post wrong flight, I thought you were mentioning schools that do have lower EA rates.</p>
<p>If EA has a lower admit rate than RD, then why go for EA when you’re more likely to be rejected?
And what does choosing EA mean if it does not show interest I wonder?</p>
<p>You go for EA if you want to know earlier. If you apply EA to Georgetown and you know that you’ll enroll there, you no longer need to apply to other schools.</p>
<p>but the lower admit rate would scare me away, so it’s for people who don’t care?</p>
<p>At Georgetown you can’t get rejected EA. Its accepted or differed. If your differed, you are reconsidered during RD with any new information. The EA admit rate is slightly lower because they only admit students they know they would accept during the RD round.</p>
<p>I see, thx! I really should do my research on Georgetown before going.</p>
<p>Differred? Really?</p>
<p>I’m sure SFSHoya meant deferred.</p>
<p>I know. Just some harmless teasing.</p>
<p>Haha. Sorry I was in a rush and on my iphone. I’ still getting used to the buttons. Forgive me.</p>
<p>sorry guys, there turned out to be a huge crowd, and the Georgetown AO just ignored my “Hermione-ish” hand-raising</p>