<p>Here is a theory.......I think that there will be a shift of applicants applying to the top tier schools; you will see a slight decrease at the top schools and more towards the 2nd tier schools. The reason being a student with a great record but so so SAT score of say 2100 through the June 2006 period, will not apply to HYPS, but will probably take the test again in Oct but will not see the results until after application deadline for ED/EA and hence may not apply ED/EA to say HYPS but may consider another tier school...this same student could potentially score 2300 in whch case had he/she been able to see the SAT score before the ED/EA deadlines may have considered applying to HYPS.............just my theory...anyone have any thoughts</p>
<p>You can take the October or even the November ones (November ones must be rushed) and still have the scores arrive in time to be considered for ED in most places. I'd be sure to check for each individual school, however.</p>
<p>From the Harvard web pages:</p>
<p>November 5</p>
<p>Last SAT I and SAT II testing date for Early Action candidates. November tests usually arrive on time for Early Action consideration. *In addition, as long as you designate Harvard as one of the recipients of your scores when you register for College Board Tests (code is 3434), you do not need to use the rush reporting option - even for Early Action consideration. Rush reporting will not get your scores to us any more quickly than the normal reporting procedures. *</p>
<p>If you really like to spend money, you can always buy one of Mini's African goats, but there is no reason to enrich The Cresus Board beyond its own wildest expectations. Of course, they'll get even with the CSS fees. :D</p>
<p>I think Orbit was trying to make a different point.</p>
<p>Yes, students can still use the October and even November scores as part of an ED application.</p>
<p>But they can't see those scores before they make the decision whether to apply ED. And the inability to see the scores may have an impact on their application choices.</p>
<p>I'm not going to bore you with the calculation I just did, but I estimate, generously, a swing of fewer than 100 EA/ED applications per school at the supercompetitive level from this (probably a lot fewer). Below that, increased applications and decreased applications will largely cancel each other out. It's really a big nothing. It will be swamped by fifty other factors affecting the applicant pools.</p>
<p>But why should this year see a shift as compared to last year or any other year? Is October 14th a much later date than usual?</p>
<p>yes marian is right about the point I was making;</p>
<p>I do think that we will see a small but significnat shift; even if the #'s drop by say 100 at Princeton that is a 5% decrease......</p>
<p>roshke; the SAT scores for the Oct test do not or may not come out until after the ED/EA deadline at most schools</p>
<p>i am somewhat surprised that people here don't think this to be a big deal, a 5 to 10% drop in ea/ed applications to a top school can be a significant change in the admit rate</p>
<p>Huh? Last year Princeton got about 2,500 ED applications, and accepted about 600 (24%). If it got 2,400 ED applications this year and accepted 600, the acceptance rate would be 25%. Big deal. </p>
<p>But, the "decrease" is not going to be 100, it would probably be more like 30 or 40, and it will be swamped, among other things, by an increase due to the higher number of kids applying. You won't be able to tell a difference, I guarantee. Princeton and MIT are the biggest cases for a difference, because they get the fewest early applications in the superselective group. At the SCEA schools, which get twice the number of early apps, this would be less than a flyspeck.</p>