Numbers of early apps are up at a lot of schools (notable exceptions include Harvard and Columbia). Does this portend an overall increase in apps or just a shift from RD to early?
Percent increase in early applications over last year:
Rice 19.5%
Cornell 17.4%
Duke 16.3%
Penn 15.1%
Boston College 15.0% (approx., from counselor letter)
MIT 13.9%
Dartmouth 13.6%
Yale 12.7%
Brown 10.5%
Notre Dame 9.6%
Princeton 8.0%
Northwestern 6.0%
Johns Hopkins 5.3%
Harvard 2.4%
Columbia 0.0%