<p>Grinnell seems to be one of a few schools that has two ED deadlines. Does anyone know if overall chances of admission are different between the two? I don't think I'll get 1st semester grades in by the ED2 deadline, so my app would look pretty similar for either ED1 or ED2.</p>
<p>Email the admissions office and ask. They are very helpful over there.</p>
<p>what I’ve heard about schools that have both EDs is that the ED2 is more competitive because it is closer to the RD date and so they want to keep spots open and see what they’ll get there.</p>
<p>From what I understand is that ED1 admits more, but I can’t recall if the school told me this directly or if I ran across the stats somewhere. It only seems to make sense to me that ED1 would admit more, as many students are basically self selecting this as their number one school and many don’t want to wast an ED1 on a school where they do not want to attend. You could always call admissions as they were very helpful to me in the past. Good luck!</p>