<p>...with the introduction of Harvard and Yale's early programs? Wouldn't some likely Stanford early applicants be diverged to those two programs thus making it easier? I have no idea haha.</p>
<p>Yale has had EA in the past.</p>
<p>Stanford’s yield rate is second only to Harvard’s. So maybe, but not significantly.</p>
<p>If I remember correctly, there’s a gap between HS and YPM yield rates.</p>
<p>Sorry, meant Princeton.</p>
<p>It’ll probably be the same…they can just defer people…</p>
<p>Would it be easier to SCEA or RD? I know that SCEA’s acceptance rate’s higher, but could that be due to a higher overall level of applicants in SCEA?</p>
<p>Why does it matter? You apply early because you know it’s the only school for you, not because it increases your chances.</p>
<p>lot of people ea/seca to increase chances</p>
<p>No, I did not ask if it would help my chances. I asked if this years SCEA round at Stanford will be easier in comparison to past years because of the addition of SCEA at Harvard and Princeton.</p>
<p>^lol i did. sorry.</p>
<p>When H and P had early programs, Stanford’s SCEA yield was 85-90%. After they dropped their early programs, it was 80-85%. Considering that the SCEA pool increases yearly between 5 and 15%, I think any difference in yield - which influences Stanford’s early admission rate and is influenced by Stanford’s competitors’ early programs - would be offset by the typical increase in early applications that happens each year. So there likely isn’t going to be a difference in difficulty.</p>