<p>Here is another excerpt and article for you.</p>
<p>The most selective colleges currently admit 25% to 50% of their total students from the early admissions pool. In recent years, as many as 40% of freshmen at Ivy League schools have been early admissions applicants.</p>
<p>[Early</a> Decision versus Action Admissions](<a href=“http://www.admissionsconsultants.com/college/earlydecision.asp]Early”>Early Action and Early Decision Admissions Explained)</p>
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<p>They don’t define what they mean by ‘in recent years’, but except for this last cycle, Y was the only IL college with EA, all others with early programs were ED.</p>
<p>My apologies to the OP for derailing their thread, I will cease and desist.</p>
<p>lol, good debate guys</p>
<p>I always hear that quote; "“As always, we only accepted [SCEA] students that we were certain we would also accept in the spring ".</p>
<p>But the real question to ask is this; would they accept students in SCEA that they might not have accepted in the spring?</p>
<p>I’m with entomom on this one. You can’t compare ED and SCEA admit rates and “early applications to the Ivy League” data is largely ED. I have heard it said that the chance of admission to Stanford SCEA is even lower than one’s chance RD since borderline admits SCEA are rejected in their attempts to defer as few as possible.</p>
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<p>I suppose a very strong record going into your senior year could be marred by a poor showing in your fall semester senior year that would hurt your RD chances but it is unlikely someone that strong will go up in flames senior year and a really poor showing could get your SCEA admission rescinded anyway.</p>
<p>Haha being deferred is exactly the same as not being admitted. So it actually proves my point! Yale defers so many people that it doesn’t actually admit that it is not any indication that you will have a better chance of being admitted. It means you had the credentials to not be out right denied, Yale wants to evaluate you in context of the rest of the class. To be admitted early means you were good enough to be selected even without Yale knowing the rest of its applicants. You met an invisible standard, that means you probably have to be incredibly special If Yale wanted you.</p>
<p>@jtnshieh You couldn’t be farther from the truth. The OP has a really low chance; Yale looks for unique talents (starting own business, very accomplished dancer, etc.)
OP, you’re stats are pretty flat. Really, the only chance is if you’re an Intel semifinalist, but even that doesn’t secure anything.</p>
<p>^^ Ketone; you’re way off base and don’t know what you are talking about. See: [What</a> Yale Looks For | Yale College Admissions](<a href=“http://admissions.yale.edu/what-yale-looks-for]What”>What Yale Looks For | Yale College Undergraduate Admissions)</p>
<p>The reality is that no one but an admissions director can predict the OP’s chances, as so much of the application process is subjective. For example, if the OP’s teacher writes that s/he is the best student they’ve had in thirty years of teaching, that may take (what you consider) a flat application and turn it into an acceptance. You just never know!</p>
<p>Yale wants a well rounded student body, not a well rounded student.</p>
<p>I think that OP meets the minimum standard of academic criteria to be considered. Then gets dumped in a huge pool of other kids who have meet this min standard. The rest is rather a crapshoot based largely on things that you can’t place stats on. First gen college seems to be the strongest point here along with Bronx Science. Emphasize your bio ECs and downplay the rest. However, it will be your essays, giving a little slice of you, which will likely play the biggest factor.</p>