Radical proposal--no rejections

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Even the colleges that disclose a lot of that information (e.g., comparative test scores for ED vs. RD) don’t say how many athletic recruits are in their ED pool. I feel like I am pretty good at understanding these numbers, and what I “understand” is really an educated guess with a wide margin of error.

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<p>JHS, I do not believe that the “understanding” of Early Admissions is an issue of great concern at our colleges. Except for the contributions by Avery, there is really not much in terms of scholarly research. You might have seen one his recent papers:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.stanford.edu/~jdlevin/Papers/EarlyAdmissions.pdf[/url]”>http://www.stanford.edu/~jdlevin/Papers/EarlyAdmissions.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>One factor might be that there is a lot less predictability and historical patterns in early admissions than one might expect. In some many words, the class of 2018 might be quite different from the class of 2017 at the same school. Conclusions drawn from one year might be belied by the analyses of prior years.</p>