<p>What do you project will be the ED acceptance rate? What is it typically like? do "normal" candidates (no recruitment etc) still gain such a great edge over RD candidates?</p>
<p>Last year: 32%, this year: 29%</p>
<p>32! WOW. wish i applied then...so projected will be somewhere around 30?</p>
<p>Do you mean "projected" for the Class of 2010?</p>
<p>yep...........</p>
<p>That depends whether they go to SCEA or not; the last word was that if they DO go to SCEA, it won't be till the Class of 2011. Going to SCEA will greatly increase early apps, and thus drop the admit rate.</p>
<p>Without such a move it is hard to predict what factors will affect the ED app number - and thust the admit rate - next year.</p>
<p>One wild card may be whether Princeton remains at least tied for #1 in the USNews rankings.</p>
<p>Because Yale jumped, and Princeton slipped, in certain key selectivity stats for the Class of 2008, there is the possibility that Yale may leapfrog Princeton in the next edition of USNews "Best American Colleges" - which will be based on Class of 2008 numbers.</p>
<p>I'm guessing the 32% rate for last year was due to the fact that they had less early apps since Yale/Stanford both switched to SCEA that year.</p>
<p>They actually accepted more ED this year, but the app number was up because they switched to the common app and the online app.</p>
<p>They decided to stick with ED for the coming fall...thats what i read on the Pton website...</p>
<p>princeton accepts about half of its incoming class early i believe</p>
<p>Bear in mind, moreover, that additional ED applicants, deferred originally, may be admitted with the "regular" RD applicants on April 1.</p>