<p>@allnighter: Creepy. We’re totally the same people. I’m applying to two. Too many essays and I’m only applying to ones that I would actually enjoy the undergrad. How many are you applying to?</p>
<p>@musiclvr: I saw that article! It will be interesting. I’m guessing the percentage will stay about the same, since they did want to “hook” a lot of people who would have otherwise applied to Harvard or Princeton (read that somewhere), but this year there will be many more people who are passionate about Yale. I’ll be interested to see what really happens.</p>
<p>To be honest, I’m surprised that Yale’s EA numbers didn’t fall more than only 18%, and it also surprises me that they attracted more applicants than Harvard (I know it’s only a few more, but still I thought that it would be significantly less).</p>
<p>same here…
18% is not a whole lot.
some are even speculating that people who may not have SCEA-ed to Yale in the past did so this year, because of the presumably lower quality of the pool…</p>
<p>I for one debated doing MIT/Uchicago early instead of Yale but thought that I might have a better chance with a lot smaller pool at Yale early. I was conservatively estimating 1000 fewer at Yale but was really hoping for more. I still stand by my decision for Yale early as Uchicago went up a lot and I still love Yale the most.</p>
<p>@benfranklin1: I’m planning on applying to the medical programs for WashU, Case Western, Northwestern, and Brown. The admission rates are incredibly low, but I think it’s worth a shot. :)</p>
<p>“some are even speculating that people who may not have SCEA-ed to Yale in the past did so this year, because of the presumably lower quality of the pool…”</p>
<p>Do you think the people who wouldn’t have Yale scea’ed in the past are lower quality candidates?</p>
<p>Hmm. I really think it could go both directions. I don’t think the drop in SCEA applicants will make too much of a difference in the numbers later. In the end, they’re going to still only accept people they know they would have accepted during regular decision.</p>
<p>" You may use your Eli Account to log into the following Undergraduate Admissions websites during the admissions process: Application Status
Early Action Online Decisions (available mid-December)
Regular Decisions (available by April 1)…"</p>
<p>Ah, so the link will become live sometime mid-December. That would make sense. I wasn’t sure if that was the case or if they sent you an entirely different link through email sometime close to that date. Thanks. :)</p>
<p>From day one I said that my stats are solid, but because I’m an ORM and I don’t have much that stands out on paper (I tried my best on my essays) I will probably get deferred or rejected :/</p>
<p>“As always, we only accepted students that we were certain we would also accept in the spring, and the students we deferred are strong candidates who will have chances of admission in the spring similar to those of our regular decision applicants…" - Jeff Brenzel</p>
<p>What separates the “strong candidates” from early action acceptees?
Seriously, whenever I read this quote, I just want the 15th to come quicker.</p>
<p>@newmercy: yes. I’m so glad someone else feels the same way. I mean, it’s an awful feeling, but it makes me feel a little better to know that I’m not alone lol.</p>
<p>Look at Harvard’s SCEA discussion and Stanford’s. </p>
<p>I mean, I know we are probably more busy socially, academically, and extracurricular-ly than Harvard and Stanford applicants :P, but it’s getting closer to December 15th and our post rate has dwindled.</p>
<p>I really can’t believe it’s December already. Just two weeks to go!</p>
<p>I’ve kind of come to terms with the anticipation, though. Obviously if I’ve been accepted I’ll be a million miles over the moon, but if I haven’t, no amount of nail-biting is going to change things!</p>