<p>Hi everyone.
I have a little dilemma here
right now i can't decide whether to do EA - Restrictive yale or do EA-nonRes. at MIT, calTech and Penn. I'm not applying to stanford after reading numerous assertions about the earthquake =/
but i'm especially torn between MIT and yale, cuz i'm more leaning towards computer science and bioengineering.
So what should i do?
any help would be appreciated :]</p>
<p>Why does it matter? I would apply to the one school that you like the most and apply regular the the others. I highly doubt EA gives you any kind of edge about getting in.</p>
<p>well, EA does make quite some difference
regular yale, say, has admit rate 9.6%, and early of 19.7% that's more than double, not mentioning that yale is the only Ivy that accepts lower than 20% in early appilcant pool</p>
<p>The precentages are sometmes misleading. EA people are almost all going to be people who have a legitimate shot at getting in. regular includes those people, plus all the people who don't have a chance, but still throw out applications.</p>
<p>hm i think you are right, thanks for the info
now i have to look at them from a different perspecitve
in fact, i think it's really hard to judge just from the numbers then
I don't think i'm applying to yale any more tho, thanks
i'll prolly go for duke ED or MIT EA</p>
<p>you still have a much better chance when you apply early, you must be the only person on the planet trying to argue otherwise</p>
<p>mit and caltech are both ea - nonrestrictive; im not sure if you knew penn was ed? with your interests and better combined odds, i think you should do mit and caltech ea. but you also know chances at yale are much better early.</p>
<p>omg you are right, i just realized >.<</p>
<p>but isn't duke much less selective considering ED?
and caltech seem to have a hatred for my skwl =/ i know people who are perfectly capable but have been defered or rejected.</p>
<p>asan, Caltech is best for students who are total science nerds. It's ALL about wanting to do research there- is that what you are truly interested in? If not, don' twaste your time applying. I can't think of 2 school schools that attract more totally different students than Duke and Caltech. I think you need to do research on schools that offer the subjects you are interested in, not just researching "chances" of getting in ED/ EA. And by the way, Caltech is in the LA basin in S Calif, which is riddled with earthquake faults, so if you are afraid of earthquakes, be advised.</p>