<p>i heard somewhere that 50% of early dec applicants are admitted. are all admitted early dec or are some deferred and then admitted later?</p>
<p>also, how much does ed REALLY help at swat?</p>
<p>If you are qualified, then ED gives you a leg up...</p>
<p>Over the last six years, Swarthmore's Early Decision acceptance rate has ranged from 43% to 50% and average 46%.</p>
<p>Does Early Decision help? It depends on the applicant.</p>
<p>If you are an outstanding applicant who would be accepted no matter what, then ED just guarantees your acceptance. Peace of mind.</p>
<p>If you are a poor applicant, then you won't get accepted in RD or ED. The higher admit rate in ED doesn't make any difference.</p>
<p>If you are in the middle (a good solid applicant), then ED increases your chances of getting accepted over other equally good solid applicants.</p>
<p>You have to consider that the ED applicants are a particularly self-selected group of applicants. For the most part, these are students who have researched the college, decided that they are qualified candidates, decided that Swarthmore is a good fit, and decided that they REALLY want to attend Swarthmore. In other words, these are exactly the applicants that the college wants in the first place. There is no better way to express the strongest possible desire to attend Swarthmore than to submit a binding ED application.</p>
<p>There are also yield and finanical aid issues that benefit the college by accepted students during the ED round.</p>
<p>In summary: if you are a good, solid applicant for Swarthmore and if Swarthmore is good fit for you, then applying ED will offer your absolute best shot of getting accepted. Your app will be read early, before the mountain of apps and while the adcoms are still fresh and while they are looking for reasons to accept rather than for reasons to decline.</p>
<p>Is there a difference between the ED in november and the ED in Januray, as in percent acceptance?</p>
<p>I've never seen any kind of breakdown between EDI and EDII. My impression is that the number of EDII apps is fairly small, but that's only an educated guess.</p>
<p>Can any body tell me what is the difference between EDI and EDII? only the time deadline?
Thanks.</p>
<p>My impression is that the ED & EDII pools probably have significantly different compositions. interested clearly defines the standard issue ED applicant. I'm confident that the typical EDII applicant is someone who gets wait-listed or rejected by by a first choice ivy (read Yale) and with confidence slightly shaken decides to try to nail down his or her great, if 2nd choice, school. While the students comprising these two groups undoubtedly have very similar academic potential, the latter group likely submits their Swat applications w/ a somewhat sobered countenance.</p>