Perhaps I was too blunt. After having gone through the college admissions process with my D last year, I learned there are many schools ranked in the top 20 that take very large portions of their class ED. If an unhooked applicant EDs at many of these schools with a 32, it seems the applicant has a better chance of being admitted to those schools ED than at Yale SCEA. If you SCEA Yale, you cannot ED at these other top schools. RD admits at schools in the top 20 are much harder than ED admits. Foe example, EA and RD admits at U Chicago last year were almost nonexistent. A student only has one early card to play, and it should be played wisely. I will add as a caveat that some of these schools have ED2. If your heart is set on Yale, certainly apply. Just be aware that SCEA may foreclose other good options.