<p>So... I was previously planning on applying to Hamilton College ED 1. However, I think I may have a chance at an Ivy (such as Cornell) so I am thinking about applying ED 1 to Cornell and if I get denied/deferred, ED 2 to Hamilton. My question: Are the acceptance rates for ED 1 and ED 2 about the same? Would it be better just to apply ED 1 to a low-reach school (Cornell) or ED 1 to a match (Hamilton)? I really like Hamilton, but if I could choose between going to Hamilton or Cornell, I would choose Cornell. Thanks and I hope that made sense.</p>
<p>you can only do an early decision to one school, and then after that you can apply regular decision to as many as long as you are rejected or deferred from your ED school. So you can apply Cornell ED, get accepted and attend, or get rejected/deferred and then apply to Hamilton RD.</p>
<p>I thought if one got rejected from a school ED 1 he/she could apply ED 2 to another school. Hamilton has two early decisions; one due on November 1st, the other January 1st.</p>
<p>You can do that ^</p>
<p>Yeah you can apply ED2 to Hamilton, wikiman must be confused. To see whether ED2 will still be advantageous, maybe you could surf Hamilton’s website and see its statistics.</p>
<p>Hamilton admission stats:</p>
<p>Early Decision I (46%)
Early Decision II (36%)
Regular Decision (28%)</p>
<p>There seems to be a clear advantage. I guess that is what I will plan on doing for the time being.</p>
<p>Don’t you think the higher acceptance for ED I also has a lot to do with the better qualified applicant pool? Would this not apply to most schools who offer ED?</p>
<p>^Yes, that is my belief as well. However, even if the ED applicants weren’t more qualified, I’m sure the acceptance rate would still be higher. The advantage is probably not as large as most think, but I’m sure it’s there.</p>