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<p>This is absolutely not true. </p>
<p>I couldn’t find Brandeis’s ED and RD admissions rates on the NY Times list of ED/RD statistics, but given what you were told at the info session yes, it does look like there’s a bump. The two bigger questions are 1) how much can your family afford to pay for your college education? and 2) have you visited the campus?</p>
<p>The cost factor is really important. If your parents have said that they can afford to pay full freight anywhere ($60k a year or more) without needing to take out enormous loans, then you can ignore the rest of this paragraph. 
If you’re going to need financial aid, you need to have your parents use the Brandeis Net Price Calculator to see how much Brandeis will cost you a year. If it’s going to be unaffordable, applying ED is going to be futile. You may stand a better chance of getting in, but it will be much harder to negotiate an affordable FA package during ED. For the best advice on this, ask on the Brandeis forum or the Parents forum for people’s experiences with Brandeis FA.</p>
<p>Visiting the campus beforehand is really important, because there is no backing out of being accepted ED (except for not getting enough FA to make attending affordable for your family). </p>
<p>If you do end up applying ED, be sure to have all of your other applications ready to go before Brandeis ED results are announced. There is nothing more depressing than having to write essays for other schools while having a broken heart from an ED rejection. You don’t have to submit the applications before the ED decision (except for places that have earlier deadlines, or where you’re applying Early Action). Just minimize the work you have to do if you’re rejected.</p>
<p>Best of luck!</p>