<p>I live extremely close to Yale and already have a research position at the med school.</p>
<p>Yale is my top choice but Harvard would be nice too.</p>
<p>Harvard EA is 18% and Yale is 14%</p>
<p>Is there a significant difference? I would like to go to either but if the percentage really doesn't mean anything I'll apply to yale ea</p>
<p>Did you steal your username from someone??? :)</p>
<p>Both Early Deadlines have already passed…</p>
<p>The higher than avg admit rate is due to the huge numbers of recruited athletes asked to apply SCEA. You take out that number and the admit rate is on par with the non SCEA pool. Given what you said, you don’ t have enough info yet to decide H or Y. If, come next November you’re in the same spot, then flip a coin</p>
<p>This “huge” number of recruited athletes is 180 for Y and supposedly 200 for H. If you exclude them the SCEA acceptance rate will still be considerable larger than for RD.</p>
<p>1- I didn’t steal the username. It was the security captcha so I went with it.</p>
<p>2-I meant for next year.</p>
<p>3 and 4-Here’s my reasoning: If we ignore sports for a minute and CCDD14 is right, then my chances at Harvard SCEA are higher. Can I apply SCEA at Harvard to take advantage of the higher acceptance rate and then also apply to Yale in the regular pool and then if Yale doesn’t work out then go with Harvard? Or does SCEA force you to declare the school earlier also? I want to take advantage of the higher percentage and then have Yale as my “backup” (not to sound cocky or anything) because I like Yale more than Harvard. They’re both great schools though so I wouldn’t mind attending H instead of Y.</p>
<p>Early Action programs are non-binding, so you get to wait until you have the responses from all of the colleges you applied to before making a decision.</p>
<p>For your reasoning for 3 + 4, you are correct; if you apply SCEA to H, you hear back in Dec, but you don’t have to give your answer back until May.</p>
<p>You speak of percentages as if Harvard or Yale runs all the files through a computer program that spews out a certain percentage of admits randomly selected from a pool of people. If you are a nationally ranked athlete in a sport that H or Y is looking for and your academics are up to par, your chances would be essentially close to a sealed deal. If you are a kid with a 1700 SAT and no extracurriculars (and no otherwise eye-popping characteristics), then your chances are essentially close to 0%. Try to make a decision based on “fit” and whether you think you could compete with these kids, because the fact of the matter is that 14% & 18% are just numbers, not tangible chances of acceptance. Your chances are 100% if they want you (and 0% if they choose to eventually reject you). I hope my point has come across.</p>
<p>A “sealed deal” with respect to Harvard or Yale is rare indeed.</p>