<p>Do chances for Cornell significantly increase ED, and is it one of those schools that really appreciates/recognizes this early committment? Also is acceptance rate higher bc of more well qualified applicants or does it also involve the committment factor to the university?</p>
<p>probably all of the above. another factor is that far fewer apply ED than RD, and they typically have a quota for how many of each they can accept. e.g. if they had 10 seats for ED and 30 for RD, and only 20-25 apply ED and 150 apply RD, of course the rates are going to be significantly different. it says nothing about the quality of the applicants, however.</p>
<p>bumpppp....</p>
<p>yeah...i think it is 36 percent of the incoming class of 2011 was formed from ED...so it is large.</p>
<p>also, if you think of it this way, if professors are reviewing applications (which they usually are) then they will be a little biased towards kids that REALLY want to go to cornell...</p>