<p>before I applied ED to Pton
I was considering and my mind was oscillating between
Pton, Yale and Harvard (yeah so called HYP)
I liked each school equally so I couldn't really decide where to apply early..
But then I looked at the acceptance rates for last year...
Yale was 17~18%, Harvard 22~23% and Pton was 27%...
So I applied to Pton.. haha
Do you guys think Pton really does have higher chance of admission
if you apply early compared to other ivies because of its binding ED?
any ideas?</p>
<p>Yes. And it's also easier to get in under ED than EA - a 20% ED is better than EA because you generally have weaker applicants.</p>
<p>In some ways, it is easier to get into Princeton Early, but that is mostly because Princeton has a smaller early applicant pool than Harvard and Yale since Princeton is ED while the other two are EA... not necessarily because those accepted at Princeton are less qualified than those accepted at Yale and Harvard.</p>
<p>i totally agree with coolatroopa.</p>
<p>and ed pool in definitely not <em>weaker</em>..</p>
<p>People (like me) are turned off by Princeton's grading policy (capping number of A's...). It kinda sucks for people aspiring for Top professional schools. THat's definitely one reason for the smaller applicant pool for Pton.</p>
<p>there are no hard caps on A's, only "targets," and the policy has been in place for a couple years now, during which the size of the ED pool has only <em>grown</em>. no, the real reason for the disparity of early acceptance rates, vis a vis HY, is the binding nature of princeton's early program, which limits apps. examine the history: when harvard shifted from open EA to SCEA, it experienced a huge plummet in early apps, while when yale moved to SCEA from the other direction, it experienced a huge surge. if princeton were to make the same move as yale, to SCEA, it would experience a comparable surge and achieve a comparable early acceptance rate. as you surely know by now, however, it has done the right and honorable thing and done away with early admissions altogether. yale, meanwhile, racks its conscience over whether to follow suit or seize the advantage in the vacuum created by HP - final decision expected in january.</p>
<p>I have heard that Princeton takes a larger number of legacies early and recruited athletes, and in addition a large number of engineering students early. If you factor out those numbers, the ED acceptance rate for everyone else might be similar to the other ivies.</p>
<p>ED pool is weaker because you have people trying to take advantage of the binding factor. Strong applicants can expect to get into three or four out of HYPSM, and thus will wait until RD.</p>
<p>I disagree whoamg. How many people honestly can expect to get into three or four out of HYPSM? It is a rarity just to get into one of those schools, seeing as how each has an extremely low acceptance rate. I do think that it is easier to get into Princeton early than any of the others, simply because by applying ED an applicant is showing a higher level of commitment. But wanting to commit at an early stage in the college admissions season at a school known for its financial aid policy is clearly not a sign of weakness.</p>
<p>to the OP:
I dont think it was wise of you to apply early to Princeton just because they have a higher ED rate. It tells me you are simply caught up on prestige and do not care one bit about the institution itself. I don't honestly see how you can like them all equally. Maybe you should have checked out some other schools that weren't in the ivy league before you went and haphazardly applied early to Princeton. Now, if you get in, you are legally bound to go there, and if you don't like it, there's nothing you can do. I hope you realize that you've just made a very large decision for all the wrong reasons.</p>
<p>I agree with you def; but you sound a bit angry there, though.</p>
<p>thanks for posting that def--someone needed to.</p>
<p>You know, if someone's applying merely for the prestige, Princeton will probably see that through the app and the interview. That'll pretty much screw up their chance for admission.</p>
<p>lmao, def definitely sounded angry, perhaps one more competition?</p>
<p>No, def's definitely right. And us CC'ers are a friendly community; we don't mind inner competition amongst ourselves...I think.</p>
<p>We do mind archaic language, though... :)</p>
<p>OP: You do realize you can't apply ED to princeton and EA to Chicago?</p>
<p>Sorry if I sounded angry...but I'm seeing this happen more and more, and I think it's just really stupid that people will sacrifice their own opinion for prestige nowadays...</p>
<p>lol read Def's post again, and imagine that he is using a calm but firm and steady voice.</p>
<p>i dont think it necessarily has to sound angry</p>
<p>Hence, why we need to use stars.</p>
<p><em>said in a told-you-so voice</em></p>