<p>thanks Descartesz!</p>
<p>don’t be afraid to do CC RD numbers :P</p>
<p>^^^Sorry, that’s my responsibility, but I’ve had some personal things to deal with and have dropped the ball. I hope to get some numbers out soon.</p>
<p>hey no big deal no big deal</p>
<p>hope all is well…</p>
<p>I don’t know if I was included in this tally, but I was deferred SCEA and accepted RD.</p>
<p>Indeed you were! Note my congratulations to you in post #56.</p>
<p>Haha, I should have read the whole thread, lol. Thanks.</p>
<p>wow. nice data. sorry if this is kinda a stupid question but is it harder to get in SCEA than RD because the applicant pool is, in general, more competitive?</p>
<p>Resurrected!</p>
<p>Without a statistical analysis of the full body of data, which we will never have, this question cannot be answered with any confidence. The SCEA initial acceptance rate (13+%) is well more than twice the RD acceptance rate (5+%) but, as you note, the applicant pool is probably deeper in SCEA. The admissions office usually answers this question by estimating that these tend to balance each other out, but they have never (to my knowledge) shared a statistical justification of this estimate.</p>
<p>Because of this unknown, I suggest you not decide based on acceptance rate alone. If you think your application will be strong enough by Nov. 1 to warrant submission and you have the time to do so, go SCEA. If you think your application might look better if you allow consideration of another semester of high school and/or more time to complete your application, go RD. (SCEA also has the advantage of allowing deferment and re-consideration during RD: in essence a potential two times at bat. This ought not be ignored, either.)</p>
<p>Haha ok thank you very much! :)</p>
<p>I am glad it was resurrected because it predates my time on CC and I had not seen it. Tidy piece of data portrayal, and I appreciate the effort.</p>
<p>Ya I really like this thread! If you dont mind me asking Descartesz, where did u end up getting accepted and going to?</p>
<p>Me? I just like data, even scanty and possibly misleading data gleaned from CC.</p>
<p>If you read the thread closely you’ll see it was my son, nickknack, that was the Yale applicant. He was successful and will be a sophomore there next year. His data, BTW, was the only data I used that was not posted on CC.</p>
<p>oh. haha sorry. I find it difficult to pay attention long enough to read an entire thread. :)</p>