Advantages of applying EA to Stanford?

TheAscendancy
Mon, 10 May 2010 22:25:09 +0000

^I personally disagree with both statement. I don’t think you have to be a “slam dunk” applicant to get in (I know I sure as hell wasn’t). Moreover, I don’t think it’s worth any marginal boosts – if you got in RD, you probably could have gotten in EA as well and vice versa.

And yes, while only ED indicators first choice status, applying early to ONLY Stanford can be a strong statement of intent, I suppose. Again, I disagree with the statement that it shows the adcoms it’s your first choice (especially given the fact that Harvard and Princeton are only RD now), but that’s just what she said.