ewho

I try to do Yale a favor to see how many who were accepted by Yale through EA will go to other schools. Your answer can be Yes, No or Maybe for those lucky 885 people. Please don't response if you were not accepted. I am sure people could change their mind by the time they need to make decisions. But it is a good indicator to find out the EA yield. Thanks in advance. I am in debating whether my son who is one of the lucky 885 will go to Harvard if he is accepted in April. My answer has changed from absolute YES to Maybe. So the question is

For those lucky 885 possible Elis, do you go to other schools if you are accepted by somewhere else.

joinmeindeath

dear ewho, can i aks u sth? if ur son wasnt absolutely devoted to go to Yale, then why did he apply EA?and now that he got admitted, i would say at least from a moral base its must to go to Yale.

ewho

That is exactly what I tried to find out: how many of those who were supposed to go to Harvard or Princeton, but applied to and got into Yale.

pacificbreeze

My D got into yale EA and she dropped her application to all the other schools including Harvard and princeton. Yale is her #1 choice. Meanwhile she is happy that she will no longer burden admission officers from other schools. I strongly think yale EA should be for students who really want to go and once admitted they will go. Whenever I see these bright kids who love yale dearly got defferred but others who got in are still not sure, I feel pain. With so many kids applying to top scholls these days. Shopping around should be limited to the least.

patsandheels

Well the thing is that so many ivies dropped the early programs that the students who would have applied to them applied to yale early instead. It makes since really, why not apply to yale early if it's ur top school on ur list with an early plan.

caffinefree826

joinmeindeath- i think youre completely wrong to think that anyone is obligated to go to yale if they got in early. its not a binding admissions option, and its not intended to be! i agree with pacificbreeze, that i hate to see kids who got into yale early that would much rather go to harvard or princeton, but from the point of view of someone who was deferred and does want yale so badly, id truthfully rather see those people turn down yale, making room for more acceptances for deferred people. so while i am quite envious of ppl who got in early, i absolutely hope that many of them turn it down, and truthfully believe there is absolutely no obligation to attend yale (and would think that even i had not been deferred). thats whay its called SCEA, and not ED.

joinmeindeath

dear caffinefree826 im also a defferal from yale..and i have applied to other institutions as well.i think that though its not binding in a typical way , its morally binding..if you can see what i mean..its not fair to take someone else place if u are nt sure of what you want

ewho

I am sure the top 5% of students at those schools got into either Yale, MIT or Stanford, while they could have got in Harvard or Princeton before those two got rid of the EA (as I knew two of the top 20 schools did).

http://mathacle.blogspot.com/2008/02...mc-scores.html

caffinefree826

joinmeindeath- your absolutely right that it isnt fair that some people take the spots we both want so badly when they could care less, but i still think that id rather see those poeople turn down those spots so that theres room for me- in other words, i would like the policy to be as loosely binding as possible!

starburst1191

i dont think the people that got accepted early are necessarily taking up spots. if they choose not to attend, someone else will get their spot. so eventually, the most deserving person (according to the admissions officers) will get in.

in my case, i probably woud have applied to harvard EA had i had the option, but i was lucky enough to get into yale and i am seriously considering it. first of all, if i dont get into harvard, i will definitely go to yale so i think its fair for me to have applied early. but, even if i get into harvard, i am not sure if i will attend. i'll have a very tough decision! with that said, i withdrew my application from princeton because i know i would not choose princeton over either.

so....to OP...MAYBE not, but probably!

ewho

So far so good. We have 3/885 people answered the question and 2 more months to go. If you want to reply the question, simply write your name under the proper column.

BTW, there were about 10 public school students from each state got into Yale EA. In New Jersey, there are over 330 high schools. Each school has a # 1.

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Question: Do you stay with your Yale EA if you get accepted somewhere else?
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MAYBE
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ewho
Starburst1191


YES
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pacificbreeze


NO
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882 to go.

ewho

Here is the breakdown of EA by state. Hopefully the numbers are correct. At least you get the idea. Too bad for you if you are ranked the 2nd from Nevada.

Unreleased the Secret Yale SCEA (Single Choice Early Action) Data for Class of 2012

Doodle

After a lot of thinking, I will indeed be sticking with my SCEA acceptance even if I get into Brown. (the only place I didn't withdraw from when I found out about Yale)

881...

Master Dad

I have heard that being accepted EA at a school hurts your admissions prospects at other schools. My wife knows one kid who got into Harvard EA last year but was rejected at every other Ivy to which he applied.

This may not be the formal practice, but don't you think the selective schools talk with one another about applicants?

ewho

Not this year. Harvard and Princeton can not tell whether you applied EA or not since they did not have EA.