<p>The EA applicant pool is a “self-selected” group; supposedly only the most ambitious, motivated, and talented students decide and are able to apply early to a prestigious institution like Yale. This is something that has been told at every college informational meeting at my school. The Ivy+ reps wanted to assert that their EA applicant pool is extremely strong, and thus the higher admittance rate is not indicative of higher degree of easiness in being accepted.</p>