<p>I applied EA to Yale this year and unfortunately I was deferred. But after sending out all of my applications to other colleges this winter break, I was able to see just how much my application improved overall from essays to the way I presented my self in general. Does anybody else feel that their RD apps are much better than the app they used for Early admission?</p>
<p>haha i feel the same exact way! after submitting my columbia ED application, felt a little diffident. but after submitting several applications these past several days, i was left with a little smile hahaha</p>
<p>That’s good advice! Thanks for posting, I’m gonna make a note of that for the future!</p>
<p>I felt the same thing actually.</p>
<p>I actually didn’t change my application at all. Maybe that’s bad :(</p>
<p>oh definately, that’s why they say it’s not a good idea to apply to your favorite school early action in the likely event that you’re deferred or rejected</p>
<p>My RD apps def improved…especially the ESSAYS!! gosh my yale EA essays sucked 
I used the same ones for princeton but edited them…they were sooo much better…</p>
<p>^pigs - I wish I’d known that BEFORE november 1st and btw your info box is no longer stretchy on IE7 haha</p>
<p>I didn’t apply to Yale EA, I applied to MIT and Chicago EA, but my RD apps are SO much better than my EA apps.</p>
<p>dammit!!! pigs I miss your stretchy info box!!!</p>
<p><em>wails</em></p>
<p>^awww should i make it stretchy again??</p>
<p>YES. PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEE</p>
<p>my soul has been dying slowly ever since the stretchiness went away :(</p>
<p>ok will do!!!</p>
<p>I think my best apps were my MIT and UChicago EA ones. But I also haven’t written any essays for RD. The closest I came was “Why Yale,” which was about 3 sentences long.</p>
<p>Pig’s infobox was never stretchy for me! <em>feels left out</em></p>
<p>I feel EXACTLY the same way. Admittedly my MIT EA didn’t use the commonapp, but I still feel like the optional essay I included was way below the level of my CA essay. oh well…</p>