<p>The schools don't parse their admit rates, but others who have looked at so-called true admission chances have done so. A student who applies EA or ED and is deferred and and then accepted, is a part of the pool of EA/ED students who eventually were accepted. The rate of acceptance for this "pool of applicants" is typically much higher than for those who only apply RD. The analysis for Yale, as an example, showed that when the entire ED pool was considered, the admit rate was in the mid to upper 20's in percent. When the deferred ED students who were later admitted were eliminated from the RD pool, the admit rate for those who applied RD only fell to 6.5%. Applying EA/ED dramatically affects one's overall chances of admission vs. the RD only pool at many schools.</p>