<p>for current seniors, this is really good news, because they were predicting about 17000 apps this year and it was actually 14000. I’m sure the quality is still high but I would rather have 14000 high quality apps than 17000 high quaility apps. Anyway, the EA numbers (ACT, SAT, Class rank) aren’t much, if any, better than last year. Also, because EA apps rose 11.5 percent and overall the apps decreased 3% mathematically this means that the RD pool must have decreased by about 10%(rough calculation). Thats somewhat substantial. By the numbers, RD will be easier to get into this year compared to last year. YAY, a little bit of optimism for us RDers.</p>