<p>it reinforces e.d., but its unfair to those applying r.d. who want to compare the financial packages that each college offers.</p>
<p>it is unfair i suppose, but to what degree are you defining fairness? the fact that they reject or defer many qualified ed applicants whose first choice is penn, to accomodate rd kids who may or may not even choose to matriculate seems even more unfair</p>
<p>They should do away with ED. It's a big joke.</p>
<p>are you ed or rd? if you're ed you should appreciate it...</p>
<p>Applying ED is totally sensible under the current system. It's the system that stinks. almost eeryone is worse off under the ED regime.</p>
<p>'cept in hyp...</p>
<p>HY are not in ED.</p>
<p>i realize that, which is why i said hyp, because in those 3 schools it doesn't make a difference if you apply early action/decision or regular, it's all the same</p>
<p>It helps a lot at P.</p>
<p>does it? isn't it like 13% vs. 11%? or is it 15 and 13... in either case... it makes a difference, but only slightly</p>
<p>Obviously if the school is entirely after yield rates, then it would accept 100% of the class ED, but I think they're also after some really good applicants in the RD pool.</p>
<p>your numbers are wrong.</p>
<p>eh, probably are, i'm too lazy to look them up, really was under the impression at princeton the 2 pools are about even in terms of competition</p>
<p>They always say that.</p>
<p>penn doesn't... columbia doesn't... tufts definitely doesn't... what are the numbers anyway? you've peaked my interest now...</p>
<p>I'm lazy too. It's in the early admissions game book. Also, the stats are on this boorad somewhere. You are right about Penn being open about it. Tufts couldn't hide it if it wanted to. The epitome of an IVY safety.</p>