<p>I wonder what percent of EA applicants are accepted by April 1. I know that GT doesn't release this data, but it's a curious thought. Anybody wish to offer some unfounded opinions?</p>
<p>Everyone should assume they will not get in EA, so they are not set up for disappointment. Many people who are deferred do get in regular decision.</p>
<p>If you get a differed letter, they say that out of the EA pool, 10% get accepted RD.</p>
<p>@ZapadniyRus</p>
<p>When you say “they,” who do you mean?</p>
<p>I heard they either defer or they accept most kids in the early round. I’m not so sure about that 10% that Zap mentioned.</p>
<p>No one is outright rejected EA. You are either accepted or deferred. The 10% that Zap refers to is part of the deferral letter. Last year’s letter stated that, historically, 10% of the deferred applicants are accepted RD.</p>
<p>^^^ Thanks for clearing everything up letort 
… Anyone know why the EA regular acceptance rate is substantially lower than the regular regular rate?</p>
<p>Because, usually, the people they accept during early are the people who they are sure would be accepted during the regular pool. If you follow that logic, the people they defer during the early pool are the ones who they think have a greater chance of getting rejected during the early pool. And most do…</p>
<p>The reason for the lower the RD rate for the deferred EA applicants is that GTown already accepted 18-20% of the applicant pool during the EA cycle. According to their admissions site, they accept the same percent of applicants in the EA cycle that were accepted during the RD cycle the prior year. They accept those students that they know would be accepted RD. Thanks chicagograd, I was a little slow in posting my reply.</p>
<p>So overall that’s like a 26% acceptance rate for EA applicants. Not sure if my reasoning is correct here. If you have 100 EA applicants, and 18 are accepted, that leaves 82 who are deffered. 10% of 82 i 8.2. So out of 100 EA applicants, 26.2 are accepted overall. So about 26% acceptance rate?</p>
<p>26% sounds good, better than the sub 20% expected for this year</p>