<p>is it easier to get into Yale SCEA than Yale regular decision? Is SCEA at yale like at georgetown, for the people they are so sure that they would get admitted regular decision?</p>
<p>It DEFINITELY USED to be easier to get into Yale SCEA (Yale SCEA last year was around a 19% admit rate compared to 6% RD)</p>
<p>However, now that Yale's apps increased because everyone is using it as a "backup" for Harvard/Princeton which both got rid of its earlies, Yale can't possibly take 20% since the number of apps went up.</p>
<p>On the other hand, it's yield is going to take a big hit come April.</p>
<p>The early admit rate for this year was 18.1% (Yale</a> Daily News). It decreased from last year, but the actual number of students went up.</p>
<p>Keep in mind that that number is inflated a bit by recruited athletes etc...but I'd still say that it's a bit easier.</p>
<p>Just because the admit rate's higher doesn't mean that it's easier. Keep in mind that places like Yale get a lot of "oh what the hell i'll try" apps, and those are almost all in the regular pool. This inflates the total number of applicants. If you pared it down to the most competitive, I'll bet that the rate's almost the same. A lot of the most serious candidates (clearly not all) apply early, so the admissions office has a more "self-selected" pool in that round.</p>
<p>I wouldn't call it easier at all. Keep in mind that the majority of SCEA applicants are students who are already sufficiently accomplished in the academic, extra-curricular and stats arenas that they don't need to wait for RD. Thus, with such an accomplished bunch of people it would be likely that Yale accept a greater number.</p>
<p>Yale has said repeatedly that it does not give ANY advantage to EA applicants. There are some ED schools who do give those applicants a little boost in admissions because acceptees are committed to attend, but Yale's EA does not afford such an advantage to applicants- in fact, they recommend waiting until RD if you think your application will get stronger over the course of the year.</p>
<p>The EA pool at Yale contains recruited athletes, legacies, and really qualified applicants, so the deceptively high admit rate does not mean that it's easier at all to get in early.</p>
<p>it a school offers ED (Penn) they give advantage to legacies, athletes, and other candidates that may or may not be admitted RD because they are commited to attend...however SCEA doen't really offer the school the advantage of an 100% yield because they're not commited to attend</p>