<p>Is it true the number of EA applicants has gone up around 50%...? I know it's gone up around 10% at Notre Dame and around 35% at Georgetown, the other schools I was looking at early, but goodness. :(</p>
<p>Thanks a lot for taking spots away from kids who actually wanna go to these schools, Harvard and Princeton :(</p>
<p>Jeepers . . . read the other thread titles on the front page before you start a new one.</p>
<p>Oh, it will be a mighty Flood indeed.</p>
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Ultimately, the lack of Harvard and Princeton ED program will have zero effect on the number of people who actually enroll at the University of Chicago. Your total probability of acceptance is unchanged, you may just find out later, either RD or even waitlist.</p>
<p>Of course, we also have to remember that the increase isn't entirely due to Princeton and Harvard.</p>
<p>I agree with phuriku. Applying EA is essentially a no-brainer for motivated, organized kids; those applying EA to UChicago would have done so regardless of where else they're applying, in my opinion. I think it would be a better system if there were NO early possibilities (EA, ED, REA, SCEA) at all, but
"early" is here to stay because some schools perceive an advantage (Penn is very upfront about their preference for ED kids, at least when Stetson was still there).</p>
<p>I like early options... but I just think they should ALL be early action. :) I'm impatient. I want to know sooner.</p>
<p>neuron:
OR... they can have all EARLY. :) id love to start application in summer and get a decision by mid december for every one.
i know its not realistic, but reality isnt nice enough for me sometimes. :P</p>
<p>Why not start applications in April and get results by July (of senior year, that is)? This is how things work in many places of the world, and this is what many people say it would take to calm down the insanity and make seniors actually pay attention to their senior year.</p>
<p>GroovyGeek--that is a GREAT suggestion! Except that, it is awfully nice for kids to have a few months of no stress in the spring, when the weather is good, and they have their answers....but I agree that for a lot of kids, knowing where they want to go, or what they want to study, is just too hard to know in the fall of their senior year.</p>