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Yes, a Yale (or Stanford) SCEA admit does cause many students to shorten their lists. Based on my son's experience as an SCEA admit this year, though, it causes very few to withdraw all other applications. (Yale had a Facebook page for early admits, and they did plenty of communicating.) Kids who needed to compare financial aid packages left most or all apps alive. Of those for whom financial aid was not a concern, most kept alive at least a handful of apps, generally to other super-selective schools. And a surprising number of students who were not eligible for financial aid withdrew no applications after receiving a SCEA admit, just to see where else they'd get in. So much for shrinking the pool of applicants.
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