@northwesty and @Marian, your analysis is making my head spin today for some reason. @-)
@MassDa68 brings up the now timely point that waiting is difficult. Any remaining likely letters have trickled out (a couple seen a Yale and/or UChicago the last week or so) and surprise early admits/scholarships given to RD applicants have come and gone (as in Vanderbilt Mosaic thread). EDI/II are well and done. And EDIII, if it exists, is finished even at UChicago (see those threads). :-?
So what do you think about the timing of remaining RD results? Johns Hopkins notifying applicants on March 17 at 3:00 EST? Middlebury planned decision date is March 18 after 8:00 a.m. Ivy “Release Day” set for March 30? Is there now a competition between the schools as to which ones can “show the love” of admission first by racing to beat the others? Do the Ivies agree to release RD announcements on the same day, at the same time? Is there an arms race in admission offices to “staff up” to beat the competition by a week, two weeks, a day, several hours? Will yield be increased by sending RD decisions out first? This is now open for debate while we wait… :-w [-O<