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The admissions rates for some schools (Columbia, Princeton, Penn) are practically tripled in this round
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<p>I don't how you could word this a little differently but I know of students during my daughter's application year who were unaware that at many schools the legacy, athletic, development and other "hooked" candidates are encouraged to apply early. That ups the overall admission rates for early applicants but doesn't necessarily up non-hooked early applicants admission numbers as much as it would seem at first glance. It can be misleading. Unfortunately the colleges don't seem to give information broken down in a way that would allow students to truly access a school's EA/ED advantage.</p>