<p>PalmBeach - simply based on your posts, you really have NO clue about anything an admissions office does or any idea of the complex market interactions that occur between prospectives, schools and competitors. If you DID know what you were talking about, then you would know that it is advantageous to fill a class early because it will reduce the overall admit rate by removing the volatility of yield prediction. </p>
<p>I believe that Hopkins has it <em>exactly</em> right, filling about 39% of the class ED. *Other * schools game the system by filling their class early and reducing their admit rate as a result and in turn, deny stronger students RD. It doesn't appear that Hopkins does this. </p>
<p>PalmBeach, consider that a first lesson. Educate yourself before commenting. :D</p>