<p>I’m also applying to Yale SCEA. I started the common app today, it made this whole process seem way more real. Only 4.33 months (if you want to be technical about it) to go.</p>
<p>I know that the applicant pool in early action is stronger, but the admit rate is about 18% The regular decision admit rate is around 7.5%, but the applicant pool is not as focused as early action’s. So… which one is better?</p>
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<p>I’m pretty sure the SCEA admit rate is more around 11%, but I could be wrong. Where’d you find the 18% statistic?</p>
<p>Yeah close to 20% for SCEA to Yale of all places sounds a bit too high…</p>
<p>13.9% SCEA admit rate for Class of 2014.</p>
<p>And isn’t the RD rate around 5%? In any case, ignore the admit rates: SCEA is harder.</p>
<p>No it’s 8% according to collegeboard or do they average SCEA and RD?</p>
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<p>The overall acceptance rate is about 7.5%. I was referring to just RD.</p>
<p>I found it: 5.2% for RD.</p>
<p>Well, that’s good enough for me… :D</p>
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<p>It says it’s around 13… </p>
<p>Anyway, if it’s harder, what’s the point? Is it just becasue it’s the only non-binding Ivy?</p>
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<p>You get to find out early.</p>
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<p>It is not the only one. Harvard, Princeton, and Yale all don’t have ED.</p>
<p>I meant it is the only Ivy that has an early-action type admission. I know Harvard and Princeton have only RD.</p>
<p>And most people get two chances becasue the majority gets deferred, so I guess it’s pretty good.</p>
<p>i know users on this site have debated this to death, but a question on the SCEA difficulty.</p>
<p>Let’s say I can tolerate “not finding out early,” and wouldn’t apply to any ED/binding school. Are silverturtle and other people suggesting not doing SCEA? I understand that SCEA is typically reserved for the slam-dunk applicants, but my stats aren’t weak either. </p>
<p>So for a 35 ACT, 1540 combined subject test scores, is RD the better way to go from a strategic standpoint?</p>
<p>^ Although SCEA is more difficult, it won’t hurt your chances of ever being accepted; you can still get deferred to RD. So the only “harm” in applying early would be from any opportunity cost that you would incur (i.e., you want to apply to some other places early).</p>
<p>So if your essays are ready and you don’t want to apply anywhere else early, applying SCEA is the better idea.</p>
<p>Got it, makes sense. And yes, there will be a lot of debate for me about missing the opportunity to apply ED to Dartmouth. Not sure if I’d end up kicking myself by losing that ED shot, not realizing that Yale was going to be awfully unrealistic.</p>
<p>^ Is Dartmouth your first choice? Or do you like Dartmouth but not as much as Yale and want to potentially apply ED for the admissions boost?</p>
<p>I was really just playing out the hypotheticals. I’m visiting Yale next week, so obviously a lot could change after that.</p>
<p>I’m almost fearing that I may like Yale more - at my school a bunch of kids have gotten into Dartmouth, but very very few into Yale.
Given my school’s history, I’d be scared applying SCEA for what seems like almost a lost cause, and as you mentioned silverturtle, loosing the admissions boost for ED at Dartmouth.</p>
<p>But we’ll see, if Yale does end up being my favorite, I don’t think I could live knowing I didn’t try.</p>
<p>Definately applying early, but I’m thinking of applying through Questbridge so I don’t know if I’m counted as part of SCEA or if I’m a different applicant overall…</p>
<p>Yale only picks 3-6 kids from my state every year. <em>crosses fingers</em></p>