EA Admissions vs RD Admissions

Applying to College
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<p>Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving...and that everything is going as smoothly as can be expected during this (holiday and college) frenzied time of year! I'm hoping that some of you can take a moment out from your day to help me out.</p>

<p>Recently, a friend of mine was telling me that for those students whose stats fall in the middle 50th percentile, there is only a 3 percentage point difference between the percentage of students admitted EA and those admitted RD. Is that true?? Some months ago, I recall coming across a website that gave EA and RD admit statistics for all colleges and universities, but I've forgotten the URL. Can anyone help? Thanks in advance!</p>

<p>Ho, Ho, Ho ....</p>

<p>OB</p>

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<p>Check out the book The Early Admissions Game re: research on benefits of applying early to many different universities. It definitely helps to apply early including if you are in the midrange.</p>

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<p>Thanks, maryc. My son applied and was accepted EA last August for fall 2006. But someone said that in the mid-range it made little difference. I really don't believe that, but I wanted to look on that website to see the percentages. I'll also check out the book you mentioned too. Thanks!</p>

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<p><a href="http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/webex/earlyact_brief.php%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/webex/earlyact_brief.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Thanks, w, that's a start.... OB</p>