<p>1) I don’t know
2) I don’t think it’s worthwhile trying to figure it out.</p>
<p>I do anticipate a high deferral-acceptance rate, though. In previous years, there have been a lot of defer-accepts, but I expect even more this year given the rise of EA apps. If Chicago gets a stronger pool of EA applicants this year and loses some of them to HYP in the regular round, they’ll have to start re-examining their “maybe” students from EA.</p>