<p>Hello everyone,
So Emory is by far my top choice. However, I'm not applying ED1 for a number of reasons.
I want to increase my chances of admission of applying because there is really no other school I want to go to. Am I better off applying EDII or RD?
Thanks.</p>
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<p>Just kidding! While no one can say with 100% certainty, it seems obvious that you would have a better chance with ED II.</p>
<p>Thanks baseballfan86</p>
<p>From what I’ve heard, the acceptance rate of EDII applicants is generally not higher than that of RD applicants, which doesn’t rule out the possibility of EDII increasing your chance of getting in, but the effect doesn’t seem all that large. Either way, if Emory is your top choice, you might as well apply EDII.</p>
<p>Not specific to Emory, but my understanding also is that in general ED2 acceptance rates are much closer to RD acceptance rates than to those of ED1. </p>
<p>okay thank you esimpnoxin &
AsleepAtTheWheel</p>
<p>There is also the possibility that ED II has a weaker applicant pool. I don’t have the facts but it’s possible that EDIi and regular could have the same acceptance rate, while having different quality applicant pools. Also, some years so many students are accepted in the two ED rounds that there are fewer than expected spaces for regular decision applicants. This can be a problem if a bunch of people from your high school got in early. By the time regular admissions roles around the admissions committee may have decided that they’ve taken enough students from a single high school for that class.</p>
<p>@baseballfan86: That could indeed be the case, but the fact that the rate is lower could also mean that they got more choosy and likely chose people that would look like those accepted from the RD pool. Perhaps only 25% of ED2 looked like those folks. With ED1 there is likely more discretion stats wise because they know for sure that those folks are interested in Emory and do not have some other school that they were perhaps denied admission that they are ultimately comparing it to. With ED2, they probably want to be very careful with fit while also making some progress with raising the stats some. Perhaps much less emphasis on stats in ED1, though there were some ridiculous ED1 candidates last year that I wouldn’t expect to apply to Emory as a first choice (likely Emory was just really good in their area of interest or something), but there were many more such people in ED2.It appears that ED2 admits are not bad at all. I do not know anything about the overall applicant pool. Also, be careful with the RD comparisons as there will be different practices there. Yield protection is completely in play during RD, so having extremely high stats. may actually hurt if not accompanied by some indicator of fit or legit interest. It may land a high stats applicant on the waitlist. If there is anything WashU and Emory love, it is the waitlist. It is a lot more tricky than ED1 and ED2 where the job is to maximize full pay (most in those pools), solid (even if not stellar, folks who are clearly near the median of SAT/ACT and GPA) stat applicants who have good EC’s. With RD, it is like: “Some look ridiculous on paper, but aren’t we being used as a safety for this person? Why bother?” The same thing goes for Emory Scholars.</p>