<p>So…look at collegeboard’s EA admission statistics…according to collegeboard, about 37% of students got accepted EA at BC for whenever those statistics were taken, as opposed to the usual 29%…for Notre Dame (where I also applied EA), the statistics jump from 27% RD to nearly 50% EA. What gives? Isn’t it supposedly more difficult to get in EA?</p>
<p>can you provide a link to this page?</p>
<p>Come on, it's collegeboard, you took the SAT's there. Haha.</p>
<p>Here ya go. Scroll down to "Early Decision & Early Action," do the math.</p>
<p>BC</p>
<p>College</a> Search - Boston College - BC - Admission</p>
<p>ND</p>
<p>College</a> Search - University of Notre Dame - Notre Dame - Admission</p>
<p>Different colleges have different stances on early programs. For some it demonstrates commitment, and they look favorably on that, and it can be easier to get in. The case with Notre Dame. But for some, it's just an opportunity to screen for the best possible applicants. That's the way BC is.</p>
<p>It's simple. EA is more competitive. More qualified students apply and thus more are accepted.</p>
<p>It is not so simple, and varies quite a bit between colleges. EA applicants are indeed more qualified as a group, which is why some colleges choose to accept a higher percentage of them, because they are stronger than the RD pool. Other colleges have a commitment to control how many applicants they admit EA, which makes EA admissions more competitive.</p>
<p>I THOUGHT THE SAME THING OMG. AynRand, I share your love of Collegeboard. I love that you calculated the exact percentage of EA acceptances too.
I guess that makes sense though, that overall the pool is more qualified, so even if more are accepted they're above the RD kids.
We'll just have to see when we all get our letters . . . fingers crossed . . . .</p>
<p>Boston College and Notre Dame have very different philosophies regarding Early Action.</p>
<p>BC is more selective in the EA round than the RD round because it places a cap on the number of students it will admit EA. Only the most competitive students are encouraged to apply EA, but BC still has to defer quite a few of them to the RD round.</p>
<p>On the other hand, ND gives a big boost to legacies and recruited athletes and nearly all of these are in the EA round.</p>
<p>Here are the statistics for 2006-07 from USN&WR:
BC: EA acceptance rate 37%, RD rate 27%, overall rate 29%
ND: EA acceptance rate 62%, RD rate 21%, overall rate 27%</p>
<p>on the acceptance letter it says they accepted 2250 apps out of 7000+</p>
<p>that's under 30%...
what a drop</p>
<p>But there was a significant jump in the number of EA applications, according to the WSJ. So perhaps they admitted the same number of kids from more apps, hence lower %. As kids apply to more and more schools, the percentage of "accepts" seems sure to go down. Kids are catching on that there is no reason not to apply EA.</p>