<p>No-- you forget about all the recruited athletes and legacies which apply early which help to boost the rates. Also, less people who are simply unqualified apply ED.</p>
<p>More students from disadvantaged backgrounds apply in the RD round, and I imagine more of them are viewed as not prepared for Brown.</p>
<p>There are schools where early is a huge help-- Penn, for instance, however at Brown the differences are negligible or 0.</p>
<p>There are also simply more spots at the ED stage of the game. There isn’t really a concern with over-enrolling at that stage of the game, at least not to the same extent as during the RD round.</p>