top colleges with high ED acceptance

College Search & Selection
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<p>hey guys, out of the top 20-25 colleges (including ivies and other private and public universities and some liberal arts - william) which have the highest acceptance rate for ED?</p>

<p>here are some universities to consider: (dont mind the numbers ... )
1 Harvard University (MA)
2 Princeton University (NJ)
3 Yale University (CT)<br>
4 University of Pennsylvania
5 Duke University (NC)
5 Stanford University (CA)</p>

<pre><code>7 Massachusetts Inst. of Technology
9 Columbia University (NY)
9 Dartmouth College (NH)
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<p>11 Washington University in St. Louis
12 Northwestern University (IL)
13 Cornell University (NY)
13 Johns Hopkins University (MD)
15 Brown University (RI)
15 University of Chicago
17 Rice University (TX)</p>

<p>20 Emory University (GA)
20 University of California – Berkeley*
22 Carnegie Mellon University (PA)
23 Georgetown University (DC)
23 University of Virginia*
25 Univ. of California – Los Angeles*
25 University of Michigan – Ann Arbor*
27 Tufts University (MA)</p>

<p>27 Wake Forest University (NC)
30 Univ. of Southern California</p>

<p>32 Lehigh University (PA)
32 Univ. of California – San Diego*
34 Brandeis University (MA)
34 University of Rochester (NY)
34 Univ. of Wisconsin – Madison*
37 Case Western Reserve Univ. (OH)
37 Georgia Institute of Technology*
37 New York University</p>

<p>i would love to apply to one, and see what would happens, and then apply to the rest ... (of course, this list will be condensed)</p>

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<p>emory has like a 62 percent early acceptance admit rate</p>

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<p>ED does help, so if you really want attend your first choice, by all means apply ED</p>

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<p>Here's a link to US News' report on early decision acceptance rates:
<a href="http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/webex/earlydec_brief.php%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/webex/earlydec_brief.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Before you apply early decision, make sure the school is your FIRST choice (i.e. you want to go there over ANY other college). I'm sure you've heard that advice before. Also, research what types of people usually apply ED to the school you're considering. I applied ED to Dartmouth for Fall 2006 and thought I had an OK chance since the acceptance rate is around 30%. However, there are many athletes and legacies who apply ED there, thus diminishing the spots available to us regular students. BTW, the UC's don't have early decision.
Good luck.</p>

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<p>thanks a lot for the advice so far ... i didn't know the UC's didnt have ED, hehe</p>

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<p>don't apply ED unless you are pretty sure that money won 't be an issue</p>