Should I apply SCEA?

<p>I've been thinking and I have decided that if I apply to any college EA it will only be Yale. But now, I've been wondering whether I should apply SCEA to Yale or wait for RD. Here's my dilemma:</p>

<p>Junior year SUCKED for me: I took on MUCH more than I could handle and my work ethic became really bad. I've been a straight A student (A and A-'s) for all of high school, except one B+ in 9th grade English. However, it is possible that I end up getting a B or a B+ in history this semester because I'm handing my term paper in 2 days late (which means that if it's an A paper, I'll end up getting a B- on it). So, I'm not sure whether it would hurt my chances at all SCEA. So, should I try anyways and apply or should I wait for first semester senior year scores?</p>

<p>I'm pretty much in the same boat as you are, except that I'm considering Stanford. I have no clue :(</p>

<p>I don't think your Jr. year B will garner an auto-reject from Yale's EA. If they accept you EA, then you'll know that your file was cranking. If they defer you to the RD round, you'll still be where you're starting from now only superior Sr 1st semester grades will boost your file. If you get an EA reject, it's unlikely that Sr 1st semester grades would have mattered anyways -- there were other holes in your file.</p>

<p>So I say go for it. You get it out of the way and you might get a pre-Christmas gift! Best of luck to you.</p>

<p>unless you think that you'll do something AMAZING between November 1 and January 1 that will somehow give you a better chance at getting in, you should definitely apply EA. I was accepted EA, and everyone that I talked to who got denied RD inevitably wondered "what if..." Yale will tell you that EA doesnt give you a big advantage, but in my mind it definitely does. There was one person in particular at my school who got rejected RD would have def gotten in EA, in my mind. Finally, don't worry about getting rejected EA; if you get rejected then, then you would DEFINITELY get rejected RD. Go for it.</p>