Usually, if you look in the school’s common data set section C7, consideration of “level of applicant’s interest” indicates the likelihood of yield protection. “Level of applicant’s interest” can be measured by colleges in various ways, such as having visits recorded, opening all emails from the college including loading the images and clicking through the links, writing good “why this college?” essays, etc.. Applying binding early decision is the strongest possible way of showing a high “level of applicant’s interest”, but can only be done with one school, and should only be for your clear no regrets top choice, if you have one.
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