Early Applications Dilemna?

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<p>OK so initially, I was planning to apply EA to Yale and ED to Brown PLME (the 8 yr med program), but I just figured out that Yale's EA is Single Choice, which means I can't apply ED to PLME if I apply EA to Yale.</p>

<p>Given that PLME's acceptance rate is somewhere around 3% (and I know it's a long shot for me, trust me) I was kinda hoping that the ED would give me a tiny boost, because god knows I need everything I can get. However, I also really like Yale and would like to apply early. Obviously, I have a better chance of getting in with their much higher (but still really low) admit rate, but then again I could just apply RD and still have a better chance at getting in as compared to PLME ED....sorry if this doesn't make any sense, I'm kinda freaking out right now</p>

<p>Sooo...any thoughts?
Which one should I apply early to? Is EA/ED even that beneficial?</p>

<p>Thanks in advance!</p>

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<p>The admit rates are really about the same. Yale’s rate for unhooked applicants is about 3% and PLME doesn’t worry about recruiting athletes.</p>

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<p>There’s more to EA than acceptance rates.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the input guys</p>

<p>entomom: Yeah, I know it’s a self-selecting group and all, but it also shows interest (which I really do have), right?
Or were you referring to something else?</p>

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<p>For schools like Y & B, they don’t care about showing interest since they have so many highly qualified applicants they could fill their fr class several times over.</p>

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<p>IMHO, I’d apply to Brown. My friend is in a similar situation and doing that.</p>