<p>^^^The number of applicants in the ED round matters because this round includes many unique applicants: recruited applicants (admit rate approaching 100%); legacies (varying increase in admit rate based on college policy); and other development applicants with increased admit rates. When these unique applicants, and their correspondingly higher admit rate are removed from the ED pool, the ED admit rate drops to much closer to the RD rate. In other words, the increased ED admit rate results from the self-selection of students, not the adcom policy.</p>
<p>That’s very nice info. So unless you are in a unique category, the admittance rate is really not very different.</p>