<p>Approximately what percentage of people who are admitted EA are athletes or legacies? </p>
<p>And whats the early action admit rate in comparison regular decision? =))</p>
<p>Thanks in advance!</p>
<p>SCEA applied: 3594
SCEA admitted: 709 (19.7%)
SCEA rejected: 677 (18.8%)
SCEA deferred: 2208 (61.4%)</p>
<p>RD applied: 15729
SCEA deferred: 2208
RD total applicants: 17937
RD admitted: 1151 (6.42%)
RD rejected: 15927 (88.8%)
RD waitlisted: 859 (4.79%)</p>
<p>i'm guessing about half are athletes and legacies. =S</p>
<p>idk about the legacies...several legacies I know who applied early w/ good stats and all got deferred/rejected. But yeah, a lot are athletes! It's worth it, though, if you really want to go to Yale...even deferred kids get admitted at a higher rate than the rest of the RD pool!</p>
<p>My S was accepted EA and is not an athlete or legacy</p>
<p>Applying EA to Yale was the worst decision I made this year--quite possibly the worst decision I've ever made.</p>
<p>Good luck with that.</p>
<p>^why might I ask?</p>
<p>Ehhh.. well.. my GC warned me ahead of time that Yale has issues with my school (no one's gotten in in six years, even though people've gotten into Harvard quite a bit every single year), and that no matter how qualified I was, I wouldn't get in, and that I'd be better off using my early decision advantage somewhere else. I knew I would regret it if I didn't give Yale a chance, so I went ahead and applied early anyways--despite the fact that I could've pulled a pretty big connection for Harvard if I'd applied there early instead.</p>
<p>Ultimately, I was rejected at Yale (and Princeton, which hasn't taken anyone from my school in five years), and waitlisted at Dartmouth, Harvard, Penn (Wharton) & Williams. I don't want to sound over-confident in myself, but I really think that if I'd applied to Wharton early (which was, at the time, my second choice), I would've stood a good chance gotten in--I'm a legacy, and Penn's legacy admit rate is pretty solid ED, while my GC mentioned that being a legacy could even hurt me RD. Plus, I've kinda taken my waitlists as a "You're qualified... there's just no room for you. Maybe if you'd applied early" sort of deal. It also sucks because I visited Penn in January and absolutely fell in love with the school--it quickly skyrocketed to my #1, and I would've gone there even if I'd gotten into Yale after being deferred.</p>
<p>So, yeah, I've pretty much been plagued with a lot of regret (though I am going to Duke or Georgetown, so I can't really complain), but perhaps I was just unlucky.</p>
<p>I'm a legacy at both Pton and Yale (just a regular old legacy, mind you...one parent at each, and they barely donate any money at all), and keep hearing over and over that Pton likes legacies more. I almost did ED to Princeton b/c it's acceptance rate is higher, especially for legacies. But I absolutely fell in love with Yale and decided that if I didn't apply EA i'd regret it forever. So I did, and everything turned out well. If you have your heart set on a school, I think you should apply there early. ED is not supposed to be an admissions-optimizing tool. It could be well worth the risk, so good luck!</p>
<p>Well, Dartmouth isn't too much of a "legacy" school and it's ED Class was over 51% legacies and recruited athletes, so I'd imagine Yale was somewhere in that range, possibly higher.</p>