<p>According to the Harvard Crimson, Harvard is bringing back non-restricted EA for next year. As long as Yale keeps SCEA, this will keep all the people who really want to go to Harvard out of Yale's early pool.</p>
<p>Edited to add: and Princeton, too, apparently.</p>
<p>This is (probably) good news for everyone.</p>
<p>Now I’m reading that Harvard and Princeton will also have SCEA–same effect, I think.</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/1093098-princeton-harvard-reinstate-early-admission-program.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/1093098-princeton-harvard-reinstate-early-admission-program.html</a></p>
<p>I’m hoping this means that Yale’s SCEA pool will be a little less competitive for next year! I’m not sure how many Harvard/Princeton admits apply to Yale early, though I’m sure there are some, so I guess we’ll just have to wait and see :D</p>
<p>This news had me jumping with joy! From another perspective as well, even kids who would have normally applied to Yale because they figured they had a better chance at an early action school now may divert their attention to the fact that Harvard and Princeton are now opening their admissions early. This can only be good news for us Yale 2016 hopefuls.</p>
<p>^ Hallelujah!</p>
<p>yay!
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<p>as a deferred SCEA applicant for class of 2015 I can’t help but feel a bit bitter…</p>
<p>^ditto</p>
<p>when the two new residential colleges get rolled out, there will be no excuses for being rejected anymore, lmao</p>
<p>YES! this is so good…and I read that the colleges should be done in 2013 on the Yale Public Affairs site</p>
<p>I would be a freshman in 2013 if I get accepted…class of 2017!</p>
<p>I really don’t think that it will make too much difference…</p>
<p>Sure, Y’s SCEA pool will become less competitive, but the standards will not change too much. Jeff keeps on saying that they do not accept anyone EA that would have got in RD so if the calibre of EA students drops the admits will as well. </p>
<p>While more people will be accepted EA (at one of the 3) I think that people who would have got in (eventually) will still get in though perhaps sooner (which is nice…).</p>
<p>I agree with Idiosyncr3y. The pool will certainly become less competitive as H and P hopefuls will no longer be applying SCEA. However, I just think that Yale will accept even less than 750 students in the SCEA round next year to accommodate for a stronger RD pool.</p>
<p>Idiosyncr3y, of course the standards for admission wouldn’t change. The problem is that there are lots of people equally qualified to those accepted who do not get in. Decreasing the size of the early pool will hopefully increase the chance that an already qualified candidate be accepted. Unless, of course, they simply accept fewer people early and more during RD. Aaaaahhh I really hope this makes it slightly easier to get in SCEA!!!</p>
<p>You contradict yourself; how can the criteria remain the same, then number of places remain the same yet the odds become better. Yes more people will be accepted to HY or P in December, but in the long run it makes no difference. </p>
<p>It may be slightly easier to get in EA, but the quality of the admitted class will not change. Thus if you get in next year, you would have got in this year.</p>
<p>It is nicer to be in in Dec so that is good news.</p>
<p>There’s no reason for them to accept fewer students early, since in theory the best candidates will be accepted to whichever school they apply to SCEA. So if those applicants don’t pick Yale for the early round and get into their favorite of HPS early, they may not apply to Yale RD. In other words, Yale doesn’t have to accept fewer SCEA to “wait” for RD applicants.</p>
<p>In that sense, I do think the qualified applicant will stand a better chance in the years to come, since you won’t see an over-saturation of applicants in the early or RD rounds if the best are accepted to their HYPS favorite SCEA.</p>