Advantages of applying EA to Stanford?

TheAscendancy
Mon, 10 May 2010 03:31:42 +0000

At a Stanford info session, the admissions officer said that there is a marginal boost in that if you apply EA, they know it’s your ‘first choice’ (I got in early and ended up choosing another school to which I was accepted RD, so I suppose that’s not really the case).

Regardless, it’s not like your chances are any better or worse applying EA than they would be if you applied RD (despite speculation out there saying otherwise). If you really want to go to Stanford, just apply early and you’ll be able to find out by December. That said, if you feel like you could turn in a stronger app given more time, then apply RD.