<p>How much difference is there when you apply ED/EA to schools such as the Ivies and other prestigous schools? Would this mean that a student who would be denied admission on RD have a greater chance of being admitted ED/EA? </p>
<p>Also, would SCEA (or SCED? dunno) increase it even more?</p>
<p>Applying ED generally increases your chances. EA not so much but maybe a tad.
For instance UPenn... from the PR book:
% of applicants accepted 21
% accepted early decision 34</p>
<p>but is it true that most of the ED applicants have stronger apps. than RDers?</p>
<p>It's debatable how much applying early really helps. Remember that the statistics are affected by the extremely qualified and self-selecting early applicant pool, and by the legacies and recruited athletes who apply early. </p>
<p>An unqualified student would never be admitted early OR regular, so in that respect it doesn't make a difference (ie it isn't likely to help for a borderline-stats student without a hook). </p>
<p>It helps "show interest" in a big way, so I suppose it might make a difference, but don't count on it. The only reason to apply early (decision) is if that school is your absolute, unqualified first choice, and you can afford it. </p>
<p>Early Decision is likely to help the most, followed by SCEA, followed by Early Action.</p>
<p>Usually ED'ers don't have the stronger app compared to the RD pool b/c sometimes they are trying to compromise for something that isn't there by instead demonstrating interest. Also, not being able to know other fin aid applications scares away competition [strong or weak]. Then the ED pool is usually filled with athletes and legacies [which are generally not noted for academic skill, the former moreso than the latter]. So ultimately, if you really llike a school I say go for ED but know for a fact that it's your first choice.</p>
<p>There is a book out that claims that applying ED is equivalent to scoring 250 points higher on the SATs. EA worth 150 points. </p>
<p>Columbia accepts almost 3 times the percentage of applicants ED than RD.</p>
<p>My impression was that there was no advantage to applying EA to MIT.</p>
<p>I am planning for StanfordSCEA. I truly want to go there.</p>
<p>So if someone has a great app but has one thing that is low (such as a low GPA or not enough ECs), I'm guessing that applying early could compromise?</p>
<p>Or is it one of those things where it's early admission is pretty random?</p>
<p>My D1 was positive applying EA to both BC & Villanova would help her chances and show the schools avid interest...Au contraire. She thought her statistical chances would improve her chances as compared to applying Regular...Au contraire.It really prolongs the wait. We still to this date have not heard from Nova after getting the app in last Nov. 1..</p>
<p>What the schools did was weigh her apps against fellow classmates and accept the higher SAT scores...even though those students had no intention of attending if accepted.</p>
<p>I really hope that my D2 and S will not apply EA or ED anywhere..And also that neither will choose to apply to BC or Nova.</p>