<p>Out of the following universities, which would give the highest advantage to ED applicants? Also, take into account which is easier to get into overall. I like all 3 pretty equally, so applying ED to any of them would be fine. </p>
<p>Cornell CALS & CAS
Northwestern WCAS
Johns Hopkins </p>
<p>Any opinions would be greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>It's tough to gauge where ED admit rates will be next year. Given this and the binding nature of ED, you should go with the one you see yourself fitting in with the most for your undergrad years. Because if accepted, you don't have any more choices, right?</p>
<p>If you can't decide between the three schools, you shouldn't be applying ED.</p>
<p>I will be able to decide, once I see which has more of an advantage ED...
They all fit me in different ways anyway, so I will definitely apply ED to one of them. There's no doubt about that. </p>
<p>Which seems to be better ED according to THIS year's admits?</p>
<p>tako's compilation of ED acceptance rates and deadlines:
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=354075%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=354075</a></p>
<p>Cornell University (NY) 63% 11/1
Northwestern University (IL) 46% 11/1
Johns Hopkins University (MD) 57% 11/15</p>
<p>so it looks like the "easiest" to get into ED, unsurprisingly, is Cornell</p>
<p>Oh god. You realize a 10% admit difference ED is like 50-100 kids out of the 2000 or so early applicants. Nothing. there isn't a huge difference.</p>
<p>i dunno about yo u but i think 50-100 people is a pretty significant amount.</p>
<p>WOW. 63%?! That's quite amazing. And I thought Cornell's rate was more around 45%.</p>
<p>Whoever said Cornell's ED rate is 63% is wayy off. According to Cornell's website it was 38.9% for the class of 2010 and for 2012 it will be even lower.</p>
<p>I also believe that Northwestern's ED rate is 43% but im not postive.
JHU i have no clue but 57% sounds very high.</p>
<p>"If you can't decide between the three schools, you shouldn't be applying ED."</p>
<p>I disagree. Though we all would like to believe there is a just a perfect school waiting for us, I don't think ANY school is absolutely perfect for ANYONE. So, since most of us here are competent students, most of us could make it work, and do well basically at any school (though being at a top school with top profs/resources would be nice). </p>
<p>So, do you need to be 100 percent confident the school is for you? Well, that'd certainly be great, but if you're not entirely sure of the feasibility of you getting into a super competitive school, applying ED may be the way to go. Most schools will have great programs across the board, though some may have strengths in different areas. But can you get good business preparation if you don't go to Penn but you go to Northwestern or UChicago? Of course! </p>
<p>The bottom line is that you have to LIVE wherever you matriculate... so location should really be the deciding factor if all things are equal.</p>
<p>Those numbers are nowhere close, so I'd be looking at each school's site before committing.</p>
<p>I think JHU's stats might be accurate. I knew Cornell's was a little too high XD</p>
<p>At this point, I'm still leaning towards Northwestern ED.</p>
<p>heyyy let's not shoot the messenger...</p>
<p>i just copied what was on that post. anyway, according to cornell: <a href="http://admissions.cornell.edu/downloads/2010_profile.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://admissions.cornell.edu/downloads/2010_profile.pdf</a></p>
<p>for ED, the numbers are 1108 accepted out of 2848 applied, making it a 38.9% acceptance rate, like MNOAAA12 said. i think, though, that includes all of cornell's undergraduate colleges, and not just CAS</p>
<p>i could not find similar numbers for NU and JHU. The only thing i found were overall admission rates, not just ED</p>
<p>JHU's early decision rate is 45%.</p>
<p>Found here: <a href="http://hopkins.typepad.com/hopkins_insider/2006/12/notes_on_the_re.html%5B/url%5D">http://hopkins.typepad.com/hopkins_insider/2006/12/notes_on_the_re.html</a></p>
<p>That list of ED rates above is outdated by like 2 years. I feel sorry for the guy who wasted his time posting that.</p>
<p>Hahaha. 43% vs. 45% vs. 38% </p>
<p>I'll ED Northwestern I guess. I'm guessing McCormick [Engineering] is harder to get into than Weinberg [CAS]?</p>
<p>The rates are not that different and any slight deviation next year could switch their order. So just pick the one you really like the most. </p>
<p>I went to NU and I'd pick it again. Being next door to Chicago is one of the strong reasons for me. I may move back in the future even I hate cold winters--that's how much I like Chicago more than other cities in other areas (have lived or spent significant amt of time in NYC, Boston, SF, LA) :)</p>
<p>One of the things about JHU that is kind of keeping me from applying ED is their lack of good recruitment in business. Northwestern and Cornell both do so much better.</p>