<p>in terms of acceptance rate,
is it to my advantage to apply EA?
or are they roughly the same in terms of admission rate?</p>
<p>The acceptance rates are roughly the same. EA usually doesn't give very much of a boost, if any at all. </p>
<p>There are certain advantages to applying EA, though. For example, EA admits get first shot at housing.</p>
<p>Yes. Students admitted through the EA program are infinitely, inextricably, incalculably smarter than those admitted under RD. </p>
<p>(Just Kidding, there is no advantage)</p>
<p>The EA pool is a bit smaller but maintains the same acceptance rate as RD. But beyond that, no real advantage.</p>
<p>I've even heard that since the acceptance rates are the same for both pools, applying EA puts you at a disadvantage because that pool is more competitive. I'm not sure how valid that rumor is, but I know someone at my school who was told by the University not to apply early because her chances of getting in would be smaller.</p>
<p>But my thinking is, if you really want to go, just apply early. The "disadvantage" probably isn't very significant.</p>
<p>Truth is, none of us posters really know, and this is the type of thing admissions really does not want to talk about, at least not what the real data says. The official line every admissions office takes is that it makes no difference, whether or not the underlying data supports it. </p>
<p>But so what? You will make a decision to apply because you like the place and hope you can get in. Trying to game it more precisely than that is a waste of time, IMHO. There are just too many other factors that affect admissions in too many apparently random ways.</p>
<p>well said, newmassdad.
all that aside, I applied EA because I love the school and would like to know sooner rather than later if I should stop dreaming :P</p>
<p>Actually applying early action should increase your chances, I would believe. Schools like Harvard and Yale force applicants to choose only one Early Action school (they have restricted early action plans). So it would make sense that the applicant pool for EA would be a little less competitive. </p>
<p>That is my opinion because it comforts me.</p>
<p>Waiting for December 15th...</p>
<p>No, it stands to reason that the EA pool is a bit more competitive. Think about it- it consists of applicants who felt their freshman-junior record was strong enough to apply early without any senior year grades or without a final SAT/ACT retake.</p>
<p>"No, it stands to reason that the EA pool is a bit more competitive. Think about it- it consists of applicants who felt their freshman-junior record was strong enough to apply early without any senior year grades or without a final SAT/ACT retake."</p>
<p>No, I think he's right. The EA pool will be void of students applying early at HYPS. ANd even in RD, your senior grades don't really matter.</p>
<p>So basically, it's an advantage to apply early because of the HYPS drain, and it's a disadvantage to apply early because you're competing against a lot of people who really, really want to go. And it's actually the same whether you do EA or RD because there's no statistical disparity in either pool.</p>
<p>Sounds good to me. I think you should apply early, just because Chicago is that cool.</p>
<p>is there really a disadvantage? if you stood a chance just that they're not sure yet, you just get deferred to RD. So you compete again...unless you really stood no chance at all and got rejected, then it wouldn't really have made a difference anyway would it?</p>
<p>don't mind me though, i RD-ed everything.</p>
<p>Who are the people who usually apply Early to a school?
1) Legacies
2) Recruited Atheltes
3) High Stat people who don't need the benefit of 1st maring period grades</p>
<p>Who apply late
1) SCEAers
2) ED Deferrs/Rejects (now there are some quality candidates here too)
3) Lower stat/less organized people</p>
<p>Now which pool would you rather be a part of? The one thing that makes EA worthworth while, IMHO is that there is the posibillity of deferred acceptance. While, no one wants to be deferred, this does increase your chances, by the nature of giving you a second chance, something Northwestern and school like that take no part in. One should ask, who gets deferred? That question can be answered by: who does not get deferred?</p>
<p>1) Qualified Legacies
2) Qualified Atheltes
3) Students highly qualified academically</p>
<p>The students without any questions. The more questions on your profile the more chance you get deferred or even rejected. Make you're apps tight!</p>
<p>^I disagree. I appllied early, like many others, due to my stats being a bit lower to show that I really wanted to go. I believe many did that.</p>
<p>there is too much analysis in this forum.</p>
<p>it is pretty simple. if the admission officers dont think you are interesting or if they think you are a mediocre writer, then you have no chance.</p>
<p>so there is no need for threads asking for chances. Especially those who have 2200+ SATs. if one is smart enough to achieve those scores, then he/she should know how unimportance standardized tests are in chicago's process (relative to other schools).</p>
<p>write good essays and wait for your decision.</p>
<p>Im not saying that standardized tests and grades are obsolete but i can't imagine chicago having a specific formula for admissions.<br>
Work on creative thoughts instead of worrying about numbers.</p>
<p>Ug. Its hard to tell what admission offiecers find interesting. I wrote about my biggest EC in my main essay. I thought it was interesting, Will they? I have no idea.</p>
<p>Why are people saying EA dos not make a difference? The data prepared by Avery, Fairbanks and Zeckhauser show that for a male w a 1300 SAT (old style) chances for admissions go from 12.4% regular to 54.3% EA. That's huge. For 1400 SAT, chances go up slightly. That data is several years old, but still...
<a href="http://www.econ.yale.edu/seminars/strategy/st01/avery-011107.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://www.econ.yale.edu/seminars/strategy/st01/avery-011107.pdf</a></p>
<p>That's a BS statement ^^^^^^</p>
<p>The people in the early pool are the legacies and athletes who have lower SAT scores. A standard SAT score is invalid when the "hooked" applicants are considered. There are more hooked applicants early and more strong applicant later, like for every school.</p>
<p>I don't know if henge's statement is completely BS... early admissions do give some advantage -- the admissions people have fewer people to compare you to, and it shows that you're interested. Although, I would say that it really depends on the school... The advantage probably only gets noticeable in ED and SCEA, though, since in ED it's guaranteed money and SCEA it's nearly-guaranteed money.</p>
<p>The whole SAT thing about athletes, though, is very true. You can't really compare the pools by SAT scores.</p>