Early ADmission

Applying to College
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<p>I heard early admissions means you have a higher chance of getting accepted. Is this true?</p>

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<p>yes, it increases your chances a little bit.</p>

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<p>early admissions, or early decision? Early admissions I believe is non-binding, but if you did early decision, that would raise your chances.</p>

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<p>early admission means graduating early and applying to college early. I think you mean EARLY ACTION.</p>

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<p>Early admissions is, like munkeegirl said, applying a year early. If anything, it hurts your application because they wonder whether you are mature enough to handle college. </p>

<p>Early action is applying by around Nov. 1 and receiving an early non-binding answer, usually around mid-December. Some schools' EA rates are siginificantly higher than RD (UNC), some are about the same (U Chicago), and some are actually a bit lower (MIT).
For a list:<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>

<p>Single-choice early action (Harvard, Yale, and Stanford) significantly increases your chances.</p>

<p>Early decision also increases your chances, although ED should not be used as a backdoor into colleges- if you're not willing or able to pay full cost for a college, don't apply ED. You are required to attend that college, and you can't compare financial aid offers.
For a list:<a href="http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/webex/earlydec_brief.php%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/webex/earlydec_brief.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Columbia accepts about 30% ED, 9% RD.</p>

<p>There is a book out that claims applying ED is the equivalent of scoring 150 points higher on the SAT's.</p>

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<p>most ED applicants are more qualified.
The dead-sure-I-want-to-apply people apply ED and they are often better than the regular applicant pool</p>

<p>ED is not easier, its just that better people apply</p>

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<p>sorry, also.
if 100 people are good.. in RD 1000 apply while ED its 300
so ratiowise, its higher</p>

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<p>It depends on the school, of course. But look at the not HYP ivies. All of the HYP students that were "massacured" in the the EA round have applications in at the other 5 Ivies in the RD round. It is quite likely that the RD round at the non-HYP Ivies will have a higher "minimum" SAT/GPA cutoff than did the ED round EVEN IF THE SCHOOLS ARE NOT INTENTIONALLY GIVING AN EDGE TO EDers. And I think that they do give an edge.</p>

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<p>I haven't seen any evidence that the early decision pool is more qualified than the regular pool. If anything, many people that apply are less qualified because they think it will increase their chances. The ED rate is high because it increases yield- which makes the school look good. Check out the % of the incoming student body, and you'll find that most schools have a disproportionately large % of ED students. </p>

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ED is not easier, its just that better people apply

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<p>That is not necessarily true. At a cost of over $40,000/year very few families can blindly afford to go into a process and commit to attending a school regardless of the FA package that is given.</p>

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<p>the ONLY credible study on early admissions demonstrated that ED was worth 100 points in the SAT, after factoring OUT legacies, athletic recruits, URMs, etc. But, that study was based on '98/99 admissions data, so not sure how relevant it is today. But, for the non-HYPS, ED can be a boost, and UPenn is quite open about that fact. And, for ther schools slightly down the food-chain, ED acceptances are even higher. </p>

<p>fwiw: be careful when reviewing Harvard, Yale and Stanford's early numbers, since they include legacies, which, in itself, earns another tip; and, in the case of the first two schools, it's a big tip Further, legacies have to apply early to earn that legacy tip.</p>