@Martian The short answer is definitely not. The math isn’t equal that way. An LAC with a high ED admit rate may have an ED acceptance rate in the 35-40% range, an RD admit rate in the 12-14% range an an aggregate admit rate (which would mirror what it would look like with RD only) in the 17-18% range. So many more kids still apply RD than ED that if you eliminated ED it would bump the one single admit rate a couple points but not even remotely close to the admit rate on ED. Of course this varies by school. EA and SCEA rates tend to not be so radically removed from RD rates. But more and more the ED rates are far different. Some schools try to downplay this as being deceptive due to the recruited athletes and legacies in the ED round skewing the rate, while other schools are honest in promoting that ED is a clear advantage.