<p>Stanford is my top choice school, but it is a high reach for me (3.9 unweighted GPA, 2170 SAT).</p>
<p>However, there is not much I can do to improve my application if I do RD instead of SCEA.</p>
<p>Should I apply SCEA to Stanford?</p>
<p>If you feel your application is the best it can possibly be, go for SCEA.</p>
<p>Sure but is this true?</p>
<p>I hear that the applicant pool is stronger for SCEA.
Myth or fact?</p>
<p>Fact for sure; All the legacies, recruited atheletes, and uber-students do SCEA for Stanford. So you’re competing with the best of the best in SCEA round. So the near doubled acceptance rate means little if anything. Coupled with the fact that stanford defers maybe 20% of the SCEA? </p>
<p>It’s a daunting prospect, so unless you’re sure you have a solid app with amazing essays, etc. ready in that time; you might want to go RD. :(</p>
<p>Recruited athletes are admitted separately.</p>
<p>Yes, EA pool is strong, and your chances are low. The same will be true with RD. If your app is not going to improve, your chances RD are not any better than EA.</p>