<p>Well, I was wondering if it was harder to get into yale scea or rd. I ask because i read that you are actually at a slight disadvantage at Stanford SCEA as the best applicants apply then, so you won't stand out as much and you will look, most likely, "inferior". I was curious if only the best applied, or most of the best, at SCEA so my 33 act and so-so (for yale at least) ecs would fade into the background.</p>
<p>Yale’s SCEA admit rate last year was 13.4%, while its RD admit rate was about 5.5%; however, the numbers are misleading. The applicants within the SCEA pool are among the most qualified applicants overall, so it would only be right that a higher percentage of people are accepted SCEA. I don’t think it is necessarily to get into Yale easier by applying SCEA versus RD. I think if Yale is your first choice (or it’s one of your top choices) and if you are qualified, then you should apply. At least if you get deferred, you still have one more shot at getting in with the RD round.</p>
<p>I don’t understand where all the debate is. All of the students who got rejected EA would’ve been rejected RD. Similarly, all of the students who were accepted EA would’ve also been accepted RD.</p>
<p>i think another fear people have (i know i sort of do) is that they’ll be rejected SCEA when they could’ve done something between and gotten in RD.</p>
<p>chair2- maybe that’s what SCEA deferment is about- a chance to enrich an otherwise marginal SCEA application?</p>
<p>Well, like peyton was saying, i was more so trying to figure out if i should apply SCEA or Rd because, although my application is relatively good, it is not exactly out of this world nor is it “I won ___ and ___ national awards”. It is merely, like i said, a good application which has a shot ( however slim) it yale, but i feel confident that it will not be amongst the top of the pool. So, if SCEA applicants are all the best of the best, would mine by being worse put it in a different light than if i went Rd where i would be in a higher ranking with those applications.</p>