Advantage to sending apps in early?

smewshie
Thu, 22 Mar 2012 19:50:58 +0000

I regret not applying ED and I think it would have helped me a lot. Sure they only accept qualified applicants but they accepted a certain amount not being able to predict exactly how many RD And EA applications they’d receive. In ED you’re competing against the others who applied EA. In RD and EA you’re competing against all those deferred plus those who applied EA and RD.

I regret not applying early, but to be fair, I hadn’t decided to apply until right after ED decisions because an acquaintance got in and I was SO angry at my parents for telling me to not bother applying because “no one gets in.” It suddenly seemed like something tangible so I wrote the three supplement essays during the last half of December. They aren’t As good as they could have been.

I think strting early will give you enough time to perfect your essays by the ED deadline if Stanford is truly the school you want to attend. Have you thought about ED?

Oops and to answer your question, I don’t think there’s a difference between EA and RD. I’m not sure why it’s even an option if the deadline is on the same day. Maybe I’m forgetting something…