<p>This is a huge increase that bodes very poorly for RD applicants. Is there anyway of finding out how many have been admitted already and how many spots will be left for RD apps? This is very discouraging news. I found this info in the APPLICATIONS GROWTH Class of 2013 Thread.</p>
<p>Google this for article:
Admissions stats favor early decision - News</p>
<p>Um....wow. 43%? That's unheard of.</p>
<p>Applications going up doesn't say much if ED admissions don't go up as much.</p>
<p>I think this year will be similar to last year. Nothing much to worry about.</p>
<p>In your acceptance letter, it will tell you how many applied ED and how many got in>
Please share with us, I am curious. Could it be an increase due to the financial changes from last year?</p>
<p>This is from the article in the GW Hatchet paper:</p>
<p>"Regular decision acceptance letters are mailed in late March or early April, but the increase in early decision applications could be bad news for regular decision applicants. Napper said fewer spaces are expected to be available for regular decision applicants due to the increased number of early applications."</p>
<p>I wish there was a thread for ED decisions to GW.</p>
<p>Might have something to do with this:
Overall Acceptance Rate-
38%
Early Decision Acceptance Rate-
63%
Heh.</p>
<p>How do you know the acceptance rate for RD is 38%?</p>
<p>But that 63% ED rate isn't out of the total admits. It's a high number, but it's not devastating.</p>
<p>63% of (let's guess) 1500 ED applicants is around 950. That still leaves 5000 spots left for RD people.</p>
<p>this should be easy to figure out IF someone from last year has the number of total ED applicants...Multitasker? I'm working from my phone so I can't research it very easily.</p>
<p>The previous data is confirmed by NowPublic in 2007 (The</a> Early Decision Bird Gets the Worm | NowPublic News Coverage)</p>
<p>One needs only look at early decision acceptance rates at other competitive universities to see the trend:
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George Washington 60% (36% regular)</p>
<p>Wow, that it completely ridiculous.</p>
<p>GW doesn't seem to want to tell how much of the admitted class is ED. The College Board profile has a "--" where the numbers for how many early decision apps and how many early decision accepts they had. I also can't find a class profile like some other schools have listing the numbers. The Googles have failed me!!</p>
<p>2007 -8 info 1443 applied ed 836 accepted, so up by
40% approx 2000 ED apps 1200 admitted. So that's
about 350 lost places this year. so conceivable GW
could reduce the number of rd acceptance by about
a thousand or so to 6000 but given the economic situation
I bet they remain about the same.</p>
<p>Yeah, I don't think it's anything to worry about if you're not on the edge of being admitted or not.</p>
<p>I'm not planning on going RD (this acceptance gap problem we're discussing is going to force me to go ED) anyways, but 350 lost RD spots is pretty significant. That's why I'm against any sort of early admissions programs at any college. I understand the advantages of knowing early, but it sort of kills a lot of chances (especially where someone's match is a very ED heavy school like GW) to try to get into reaches. Say student X has a 2100 and is looking at Penn Wharton and NYU Stern. And let's say, for hypothetical reasons (it may or may not be true IRL), that NYU Stern has the same ED/RD acceptance gap as GW. That student, afraid they won't get into either if they wait for RD, ends up going binding early decision to NYU and doesn't even get to try to apply to Columbia. They just lost their chance at an Ivy League education (not saying Stern is bad, but an Ivy would be better), because the ED/RD scared them into applying to their second choice. This situation is a hypothetical, but I'm sure it's a reality for a lot of kids.</p>
<p>From the Hatchet article 1/26/09</p>
<p>"The University's early decision process became slightly more competitive, with 54 percent of ED I applicants accepted in December, a decrease from the previous year. ED II candidates will learn whether they have been admitted in early February."</p>
<p>[qupote]I understand the advantages of knowing early, but it sort of kills a lot of chances ....to get into reaches.
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<p>Just the opposite. ED works best for a reach school, IMO.</p>
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because the ED/RD scared them into applying to their second choice.
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<p>That was their choice (and mistake). One should never apply ED to a second choice school. One should never apply ED even to a first-choice school if it is barely first choice (bcos in 6 months it could become 2nd or 4th choice).</p>
<p>I really want to go to GW and I was going to apply ED II but my parents talked me out of it because of financial aid reasons. They think that if you go ED then the school has you by the balls and can give you anything they want as far as money. There isn't any room for negotiating. I hope I didn't make a big mistake listening to them because I really, really want to go here.</p>
<p>I was in the same position you were in. Except my first choice was another school. It sucks being poor.</p>
<p>^^^I concur.</p>
<p>I believe the politically correct term is, ahem, lower middle class. ;)</p>