<p>Does admissions read through all of the EA/ED applications, and then sort through the RD applications? Or do they read on a first-come-first-serve basis? </p>
<p>At this time of year, they’re pretty much concentrating on all the ED/EA apps. They’ll put your file together, but no one is going to read it until those are done. If you want to submit it, do so just to get it out of the way, but there’s no particular need to.</p>