<p>Which Ivy League school do you think gives the greatest boost to ED applicants? I'm not asking for which has the highest ED acceptance rate. I can get that information from statistics, but WHICH IVY do you think gives the most preference to ED applicants in comparison to RD applicants?</p>
<p>Google the ED and RD acceptance rates of each school and subtract them. The largest difference is your answer.</p>
<p>Hmm…you can’t decide which of eight schools is your #1 choice so you will throw a dart (pick an obscure and meaningless criteria) and let random chance decide for you.</p>
<p>All eight schools are tremendously different. Campuses are urban, rural and suburban. Student populations range from 6,000 to 20,000. One consists of a single undergraduate college while another has half a dozen from which to choose. Some have fraternities, some have eating clubs, and some have a house system. Some have more Division I sports than any other college, while others have marginal athletic programs.</p>
<p>On the other hand, all compete in the same athletic conference and all get considerable amounts of snow.</p>
<p>Decide which school is the best fit - even if the best fit might not be an Ivy. In fact, only about half of the Ivies offer ED. Apply ED based on it being your first choice - you are committing to attending if accepted. There is considerable evidence that ED applications do not receive any advantage in admissions at many schools - the higher admit rate reflecting a stronger pool of self-selected applicants.</p>
<p>I strongly believe that ED should only be used for the one school that you are 100% sure you want to attend, not just for easier admissions (seem’s obvious, I know, but still). I also don’t think that ED helps your chances, necessarily, as rmldad said. Yes, statistically it looks like it does, but remember that those kids are legacies, athletes-who may have their coach’s support,- and a generally stronger pool. I’ve found that it isn’t easier to get in ED, it’s just a different pool to try your luck with. More of less, if you can get in ED, chances are you can get in RD as well. The ED/RD acceptance rate at the top schools aren’t THAT different.</p>
<p>That being said, I would probably guess that Cornell would be a good bet for ED. Not because it is the ‘easiest to get into’ (which just because statistically it is, doesn’t mean that it is easier by any stretch) but because they have a wide variety of schools for which to apply into, diversifying the applicant pool and allowing true interests to come through. For instance, if you’re really interested in Policy Analysis and Management (like I was, when I was accepted) you could apply to the Human Ecology ED and that would be another way to show interest. Just my thoughts though.</p>