<p>since a college has to commit to a number of students that they are not sure will attend or not, is it possible that colleges may be more stringent on early action admissions?</p>
<p>no. usually the school’s acceptance rates are actually HIGHER for early applicants, regardless of whether it’s early decision or early action.</p>
<p>well you don’t really get a chance to get your GPA up and you never get a chance to really get your SATs in, that is what I heard from some students</p>
<p>you cannot add new SATS after you send in the application (so you cant take another SAT now). But your chances of getting in for EA is 1.3x better than normal chances as far as ive seen and restrictive ED is 2x better chances.</p>
<p>Take into account that the students that apply ED usually have great GPAs and don’t need to boost them with their first semester senior grades. I would say that the fairer statement is this:</p>
<p>For selective schools…</p>
<p>If you have great stats, you have a much better chance at ED than RD.</p>
<p>If you have really good stats, you have a slightly better chance at ED than RD.</p>
<p>But if you have so-so stats, the school is not going to accept you and lose a place for another student who has better stats.</p>
<p>Wiki has a good article on it:</p>
<p>[Early</a> decision - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_decision]Early”>Early decision - Wikipedia)</p>