<p>^UChicago is not an exception, all highly selective schools with EA are only going to select the most outstanding candidates, ones that they would accept in ANY pool, during the early round. </p>
<p>Think about it, why would they select a student who is qualified but not exceptional? That candidate is simply deferred to the RD round so that they can be considered with that larger pool. The purpose of EA is to select the outstanding applicants who will likely be accepted RD to other highly selective colleges. This gives the school extra time to woo them and hopefully win the cross-admit war.</p>
<p>Here is what Y says, UChicago is no different:</p>
<p>[Early</a> admit rate rises slightly | Yale Daily News](<a href=“http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2009/dec/15/early-admit-rate-rises-slightly/]Early”>http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2009/dec/15/early-admit-rate-rises-slightly/)</p>
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