<p>They sent me a letter and a brochure back in June, long before I was even interested in the school. I thought their brochure looked kinda cheap, so I just threw it into my stack of college mail. Hmmm...maybe I should try and find it again.</p>
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Wow. You should've mentioned this in your app.</p>
<p>oh im seroius too... in grade 10 summer they sent me a "bulletin with FAQ" sucks eh? and i still have it :)</p>
<p>btw, what do you think i hsould say in my app? i m emailing the regional officers with some updates... i can mention it in the email... ive told them that princeton has been my first choice school since 9th grade already on my ED app. :( still didnt get in sucks.</p>
<p>I got a letter and brochure from them at the beginning of summer and I remembered thinking that their recruiting efforts paled in comparison to Harvard's and Yale's. I also got a viewbook from them but I cant remember if it came with the application or in a separate mail.</p>
<p>Phil, that cheap brochure somehow worked because I bumped them up from no. 3 to no. 1 on my college list after it came.</p>
<p>Good things come in cheap packages!</p>
<p>They still have a lot of work to do in their marketing/PR department, imo. But whatever. Doesn't really matter at this point, anyways.</p>
<p>Yes, they still have a lot of work to do especially if they want to go EA instead of ED.</p>
<p>POLL: who wants ED? and who wants EA?</p>
<p>ED</p>
<p>It served me well.</p>
<p>ED. I don't understand EA. Early should be for your FIRST CHOICE, not just to 'increase your chances' or 'get an answer early'</p>
<p>Both EA and ED "give you an answer early" and substantially increase your odds of admission at whatever school you apply to.</p>
<p>There are plenty of people who would be perfectly happy to attend any Ivy or other elite to which they are admitted, and think long and hard about a "strategic early application" to a school where the EA/ED admit rate is most favorable.</p>
<p>Even if you don't have a clear-cut "first choice", applying early makes a great deal of sense. This is why a majority of seniors at top preps and publics apply early - sometimes to a school that, if pressed, they would confess is not their real "first choice." Rather, they are being realistic, and being smart.</p>
<p>Look: when under 20% of applicants to Ivies are being admitted, its pretty clear that a lot aren't going to be enrolling at their "first choice,"</p>
<p>Then, what do schools have to gain by offering EA?</p>
<p>The only benefit that I can see is that it spreads out the evaluation process over two periods of time, less to evaluate during any period.</p>