<p>In my extremely thorough 8 minutes of research, I failed to find anywhere that stated an increase in acceptance rate or any real benefit to applying ED. Can anyone confirm or refute this? Thanks</p>
<p>ED specifically for BU or ED in general? </p>
<p>Boston University claims that ED plays to the “level of interest” factor that BU takes into consideration - according to College Board, level of interest is of significant importance to BU which also explains as to why the “Why BU?” essay is rather important – so, applying to ED theoretically <em>would</em> help your application through demonstrated interest. </p>
<p>This is from BU’s website;
“COMPETITION IS KEEN
Think about this, would you rather be considered for admission as 1 of 52,693 applicants or 1 of 1,500 applicants? Do the math. And this year, we expect the competition to be even greater, as the Class of 2018 will have 100 fewer students.”</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>