Benefits of EA?

molliebatmit
Fri, 15 Oct 2010 21:57:54 +0000

Particularly if you feel your essays would be improved by waiting until RD, definitely wait. Higher test scores are nice, but probably not a huge deal unless you think the difference in scores would be really big.

There’s not an advantage conferred by applying to MIT EA, except that 1) you have a chance to be admitted in December and not stress as much about admissions in the spring, and 2) you’re able to send in your application, then think about its strengths and weaknesses during November and December and send any updates in January. It’s not that the admissions office has a preference for EA applicants.

If you think your application would be stronger if you applied RD, then do it by all means.