<p>If I want to get into Yale easier should I apply SCEA or RD</p>
<p>It’s never “easier.” The admission rate is higher for SCEA because the applicant pool (which includes many recruited athletes) is stronger. If Yale is your top choice, and if you don’t need first semester senior grades or post-SCEA deadline scores to bolster your academic record, it makes sense to apply SCEA.</p>
<p>It’s easier to get in RD.</p>
<p>I have posted extensive studies of this that are contained in the Race in College Admissions thread on the College Admissions forum.</p>
<p>thanks char</p>
<p>Re post #3: I don’t know how you draw that conclusion. The SCEA acceptance rate for the Class of 2013 was 13.4 %, the RD acceptance rate a mere 5.4%. The common wisdom says the EA pool is stronger than the RD pool, but that’s still a pretty big disparity.</p>
<p>[Yale</a> Daily News - Admit rate falls to record-low 7.5 percent](<a href=“http://www.yaledailynews.com/articles/view/28392]Yale”>http://www.yaledailynews.com/articles/view/28392)</p>
<p>OP: you’re on a Quixotic quest here. If one were demonstrably “easier” than the other, wouldn’t near everyone flood that option? Think about it.</p>
<p>I do think students whose first choice is unquestionably Yale do well to apply SCEA. At the very least, your application is being reviewed by fresh eyes at the beginning of the long, long admissions cycle. But T26E4 is right. There is no magic bullet.</p>
<p>wjb, I’ll find the links. The proof is definitive.</p>
<p>“wouldn’t near everyone flood that option? Think about it.”</p>
<p>No, because ignorance is abounding.</p>
<p>Yale SCEA Results Analysis: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/651345-race-college-admissions-faq-discussion-3-a-49.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/651345-race-college-admissions-faq-discussion-3-a-49.html</a></p>
<p>In case you’re interested for camping SCEA to RD at peer schools in terms of selectivity, the Princeton RD Analysis: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/651345-race-college-admissions-faq-discussion-3-a-47.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/651345-race-college-admissions-faq-discussion-3-a-47.html</a></p>
<p>An excerpt from the conclusion of the Yale SCEA analysis:</p>
<p>If you’re hookless and want to get accepted SCEA to Yale next year, you are going to need outstanding stats (as well as exceptional subjective elements, but that’s not what this analysis is about). The data indicate that only three of the 32 unhooked applicants had SAT 1 scores below 2310. The lowest score of any white or Asian applicant who was accepted was 2270. Furthermore, none of the unhooked applicants were accepted without having at least a 3.90 unweighted GPA. The majority of those accepted early without a hook had a 4.0 GPA and an SAT 1 score of at least 2350. </p>
<p>If you aren’t hooked and don’t have at least a 2200 on the Subject Tests, a 2250+ on the SAT 1, and a 3.90+ GPA, your early admission application might be better spent on schools that are not as competitive.</p>
<p>Sorry, I’m not going to plow through a 26-page thread. Can you narrow it down a bit?</p>
<p>The link should lead directly to the page containing the post.</p>
<p>Check out the thread I recently bumped. It’s purpose is to inform and advise those deciding between SCEA and RD for Yale. </p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/yale-university/723173-helpful-thread-those-contemplating-scea.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/yale-university/723173-helpful-thread-those-contemplating-scea.html</a></p>