just curious, how important is it to apply SCEA v. RD

Colleges and Universities A-Z Stanford University
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<p>My counselor urged me to apply SCEA because it shows the school that they are your number one choice, but I wanted to work on my essays more. Then my good friend from school told me there is a higher acceptance rate for EA in general. Is this true?</p>

<p>I ended up applying RD and now I feel a little nervous. I mean honestly more people are probably accepted EA because more people that are extremely confident apply early. Also, I heard that if you application isn't the strongest, it's best to apply RD so you don't get wedged between someone who wrote a book and someone who won then national science fair or something. </p>

<p>Stanford is my dream school! Please give any ideas...</p>

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<p>There’s no difference apart from when you get your results; the difference in the acceptance rates is evened out by the extremely strong pool in the SCEA round. I got in through SCEA, but if you weren’t 100% confident on your essays/application, then it’s better you went RD</p>

<p>EA acceptance was 13.5% this year; I’d estimate the RD acceptance to be around 7.5%</p>

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<p>Thanks and congrats on getting in!</p>