<p>Three of the admissions officers that I spoke to told me that there is no disadvantage to applying EDII rather than EDI (I'm applying EDII so that I can send in my first semester senior year grades, which were outstanding). However, I remember reading somewhere that the acceptance rate was significantly lower for the second early decision deadline. Have I been receiving skewed/inaccurate information about EDII? Or am I merely interpreting it wrongly?</p>
<p>You are correct. “While about 53 percent of Early Decision I applicants were accepted, NYU only accepted 18 percent of the Early Decision II pool.” <a href=“http://nyunews.com/news/2011/03/22/22admissions/[/url]”>http://nyunews.com/news/2011/03/22/22admissions/</a> (Paragraph 7). </p>
<p>I was one of those 18% last year when I applied EDII. I would absolutely say applied EDII this year, though, because now NYU knows that both EDI and EDII will attract a plethora of talented high school seniors and they probably won’t accept near as many EDI’ers this year, instead balancing EDI and EDII out at about 35%ish, being that the overall acceptance rate is about 29% not including LSP. </p>
<p>Hope this helps! :)</p>
<p>“I would absolutely say applied EDII this year, though, because now NYU knows that both EDI and EDII will attract a plethora of talented high school seniors and they probably won’t accept near as many EDI’ers this year, instead balancing EDI and EDII out at about 35%ish, being that the overall acceptance rate is about 29% not including LSP.”</p>
<p>Any evidence or is this just logical conjecture?</p>
<p>Sorry if that came off as being somewhat abrasive, I’m just really worried if I sacrificed too good of an opportunity.</p>
<p>Well, ED acceptance rate hovers around 35%, so I would assume (yes this is a logical assumption, which may or may not be correct) that NYU will accept about this much from both the ED pools. HOWEVER, I bet that the EDII pool for this year will be significantly smaller than last year because of the lower acceptance rate of last year will scare off many seniors. (Again, a logical assumption, seeing that it is making you anxious, so I bet many people like you are feeling anxious as well.)</p>
<p>Provided that you are a good candidate for admissions, I would say that if NYU is your #1 school and that you will not need to compare financial aid packages of other schools you are accepted to (once accepted by NYU for EDII, they send you an estimated finaid package, and you have 1 month to accept/deny the decision. This won’t leave enough time, usually, to compare finaid offers of other schools.) I would apply EDII. Just a warning: NYU doesn’t give out that much financial aid in the form of scholarships/grants. Most (sometimes about 1/2, if you are lucky) is in loans. That said, if you are financially capable of paying for what is not covered in grants/scholarships or are willing to take out the loans, I would apply EDII. If you are not, and would rather compare the finaid offers of other schools, I would wait for RD. No matter what, if you are a student that they want, they will accept you, no matter if you are RD or EDI or EDII. </p>
<p>I hope that helps a little bit…</p>